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Frugality as a tool for innovation and prioritization with Dave Anderson
Frugality as a tool for innovation and prioritization with Dave Anderson
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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Sep 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Dave spent nearly 12 years at Amazon moving from a Development Manager to a Technology Director. In early 2020, Dave took on the role as Head of Technology for Bezos Academy where he spent over a year building their technology foundation. Since leaving Amazon and Bezos Academy in 2021, Dave has begun publishing regular leadership articles on his newsletter, Scarlet Ink. In this episode, Dave and I dive into the Frugality principle and how it is ingrained in the resource allocation, long-term thinking, and innovation engine of Amazon. Dave shares how frugality, when properly applied, can lead to better product roadmaps, higher profit, greater levels of innovation, and improved employee engagement and autonomy. Dave also shares a few of the needed ingredients an organization should include to mitigate the potential downsides of a constraints-based approach to assigning resources and defining roadmaps. Mentioned in the podcast: Scarlet Ink: https://www.scarletink.com/ Dave on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scarletink/
Released:
Sep 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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