Getting to Yes Quickly: How Amazon Out-Innovates the Competition

Getting to Yes Quickly: How Amazon Out-Innovates the Competition

Amazon's success can be attributed to their culture of adopting a "yes mentality." This means being open to new ideas and implementing anything that can positively impact customers and the business. This allows Amazon to launch innovative products such as Prime, Prime Now and Amazon Web Services. The company's mentality is rooted in entrepreneurial optimism. They approach new ideas with a "what do we need to get this launched" mentality, while many competitors make excuses for why they can't implement new ideas. The more ideas Amazon implements, the higher the chance of success. This mentality can transform any company into a disrupter, innovator, or both.

View

More Innovation Resources:

How Failure Impacts Innovation

Failure is becoming trendy in the fast-paced world of innovation, but it's not enough to simply accept failure. Instead, it's important to learn from it and use it as a lever for future success.

View

Four Scenarios Where You Should Escalate an Issue

Escalating issues can be a difficult decision for project managers, but it is important to recognize when it is necessary. Here are some scenarios where escalation is necessary.

View

The 12 Worst Ideas of 2017 (So Far…) Part 1

Learn from the bad ideas of 2017, like not looking at the eclipse, creating bad TV shows, using bad slogans, and failing at cheese festivals.

View