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John Rossman is an advisor, keynote speaker, author and founder of Rossman Partners, a management consulting team. He is a former Amazon executive who helped lead the launch the Amazon marketplace business in 2002. He has authored three books including – The Amazon Way and the weekly The Digital Leader Newsletter on Substack.

Is it ‘Day 2’ at Amazon? A former executive’s turnaround plan for the tech giant

Former Amazon employee who survived Bezos tirade: New book captures ‘fierce competition’ and ‘demanding environment’

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Is it ‘Day 2’ at Amazon? A former executive’s turnaround plan for the tech giant

by John Rossman on December 8, 2022March 11, 2023 at 8:32 pm

[Editor’s Note: This guest commentary by author, consultant, and former Amazon executive John Rossman first appeared in his Substack newsletter, The Digital Leader.] A reader suggested that I weigh in… Read More

Book excerpt: The Amazon Way

by John Rossman on June 8, 2014June 8, 2014 at 11:09 am

Editor’s note: This excerpt is from chapter three of the book The Amazon Way: 14 Leadership Principles Behind the World’s Most Disruptive Company, by John Rossman, the former director of… Read More

Former Amazon employee who survived Bezos tirade: New book captures ‘fierce competition’ and ‘demanding environment’

by John Rossman on October 30, 2013October 30, 2013 at 8:58 am

It is January 2003. I am sitting in the Seattle headquarters of Amazon.com, surrounded by the “S-Team,” a group of the retail internet giant’s senior-most executives. I find myself the center… Read More

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Is it ‘Day 2’ at Amazon? A former executive’s turnaround plan for the tech giant

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Is it ‘Day 2’ at Amazon? A former executive’s turnaround plan for the tech giant

Book excerpt: The Amazon Way

Former Amazon employee who survived Bezos tirade: New book captures ‘fierce competition’ and ‘demanding environment’