How Jeff Bezos' wide-ranging ambitions for Amazon, a fear of stasis, and an absence of empathy factor in his monumental but complicated legacy at the company
“I've written two books chronicling Amazon's history and have come to view both the company's never-ending expansion and declining reputation as byproducts of Mr. Bezos' personality [...]."https://www.nytimes.com/ ...
On the eve of the Amazon CEO transition, I wrote about how hair salons, fear of stasis, and the absence of empathy factor in Jeff Bezos's monumental legacy. Via @nytopinion: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brad Stone on Jeff Bezos: “Colleagues new and old testify that he has many talents, including a superhuman ability to focus on disparate issues and get to the bottom of complex problems. But empathy was never one of them.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Amazon's “never-ending expansion and declining reputation” are “byproducts of Mr. Bezos' personality — his towering intellect, along with a notable deficit of empathy and fear of stasis,” writes @BradStone. https://www.nytimes.com/...
The Jeff Bezos Paradox https://www.nytimes.com/... Not just Bezos—Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, cut from the same cloth—success at any price, and little regard for people.
Large portions of Amazon's website now resemble an unpoliced frontier. Over the past few years, journalists have discovered counterfeits, fake reviews and unsafe products on the everything store, notes @BradStone. https://www.nytimes.com/...
“On Thursday, Amazon took a modest first step to positioning itself as a better corporate citizen. It added two corporate values, 'Strive to be Earth's best employer' and ‘Success and scale bring broad responsibility.’” https://www.nytimes.com/...