{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6448f44fe02da80011384792/686299835670d8650804e827?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon - Brad Stone","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6448f44fe02da80011384792/1751292110581-4007cef0-90e2-4495-bae4-3a9523b7b115.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>We share the 10 best mental models about innovation from tech titan Jeff Bezos.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode covers the story of Amazon and some of the incredible shifts it has created on the planet. From the obvious online shopping wave to things like the e-reading industry and audiobooks, web-servers giving us Uber and Netflix, devices like Alexa. We also learn about their failures like the Fire Phone and other things you probably haven't even heard of, Amazon Destinations, anyone?</p><p><br></p><p>Lessons to think like an innovator and be more decisive:</p><ul><li>Primitive Thinking - Creating the building blocks that make new things</li><li>Reversible and Irreversible Decisions - Can you just try something already instead of overthinking?</li><li>Day 1 Thinking - The philosophy of never being finished</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Note</strong> - Nico is taking a reading break, and Sam has a season to cover some of his favourite books in depth.</p><p><br></p><p>- - -</p><p><strong>About Wiser Pod</strong></p><p>Nico and Sam set out to read the world's best books, from philosophy to sci-fi, economics to who knows what.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sam Webster Harris</strong></p><p>👋 LinkedIn -&nbsp;<a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-change-the-world-the-history-of-innovation/id1815282649\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Harris</a></p><p>🧠 Psychology Pod - <a href=\"https://www.growthmindsetpodcast.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Growth Mindset Psychology</a></p><p>🚀 New Pod - <a href=\"https://www.changetheworldpod.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How to Change the World</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Nicolas Vereecke</strong></p><p>👋 LinkedIn -&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolasvereecke/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nico Vereecke</a></p><p>🤖 AI world domination -<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://evilplaninc.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Evil Plan Inc</a></p><p><br></p><p>- - -</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.changetheworldpod.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>How to Change the World: The History and Future of Innovation</strong></a></p><ul><li>SPOTIFY - <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/1Fj3eFjEoAEKF5lWQxPJyT\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1Fj3eFjEoAEKF5lWQxPJyT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li><li>APPLE - <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-change-the-world-the-history-of-innovation/id1815282649\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-change-the-world-the-history-of-innovation/id1815282649⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li><li>YOUTUBE - <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@HowToChangeTheWorldPodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@HowToChangeTheWorldPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Chapters</strong></p><p>00:00 The Everything Store &amp; Jeff Bezos</p><p>02:53 Thinking in Primitives</p><p>04:10 Story of AWS</p><p>06:44 2 Customer Centric Obsession</p><p>08:25 Working backwards - Why they built Amazon Prime</p><p>10:23 3 Long Term Thinking</p><p>11:39 Story - Kindle and e-publishing industry</p><p>14:21 Willingness to be Misunderstood</p><p>15:01 Team - Single-Threaded Leadership</p><p>16:10 Team - Employ and Empower Builders</p><p>17:15 Culture - Meetings are for Decisions</p><p>18:15 High Velocity Decision making</p><p>20:27 Regret Minimisation Framework</p><p>22:03 Disagree and Commit</p><p>23:13 Embrace Failure</p><p>23:56 Total Fails - Fire Phone, Amazon Wallet etc...</p><p>26:14 Importance of Timing and Competition</p><p>28:28 Day 1 Thinking</p><p>31:10 Useful Bonus points</p><p>31:18 Flywheel effect</p><p>31:46 Word of Mouth Marketing</p><p>32:42 Opposing beliefs - Ignoring vs Crushing Competition</p><p>34:51 Opposing Beliefs - Stubborn and Flexible</p><p>35:22 Wrap up</p>","author_name":"Book Nerds Sam Harris & Nicolas Vereecke"}