As a former Amazonian who has had a measure of success at Amazon for several years, I get asked about what Amazon's "secret recipe" is quite often. My thoughts, FWIW: 1) Among Amazon's Leadership Principles (LPs), "Deliver Results" is the most important. The secret to the LPs is they all work concordantly and in harmony. But they all lead to "Deliver Results", pure and simple. 2) Data, data, and more data (including how "Deliver Results" is tracked and measured). Amazon is obsessively data driven, and decisions almost always need to be backed by data. This isn't always the case - but it's mostly the case, even with leadership. 3) Everything at Amazon revolves around one word: "Efficiency". If it's efficient by design, it's made to be more efficient. If not, it gets made that way eventually (looking at you OP1 :)). 4) There are very few sacred cows. Stuff that doesn't make money, adds value, hinders the company, quickly hits the chopping block. As it should. Amazon's not perfect - no company is, and Day 2 behavior is increasing. But it's nothing that Amazon can't fix. There are lots of instruction manuals and consulting services dedicated to replicating Amazon's enormous success. This small blueprint is free of charge. Hope it helps! #Amazon #leadership #efficiency …see more

An insightful #report by Benedict Evans on #Tech and The #NewNormal -With 4Bn #smartphones , we have connected almost everyone globally. -Consumers now expect to do everything online. -Ecommerce is at the tipping point, while TV is unbundling. -Tech has gone from a partial enabler to a central part of how society functions. - #Covid has reset some markets and accelerated growth in others. https://lnkd.in/drz56Qi …see more

Rough times and tough problems? We have all been there. We all intuitively know that our attitude towards the problem is a critical factor in working through it. As a #leader , how to inspire - when going gets tough, the tough get going. The ability to manage their own emotions and being authentic will determine team morale and motivation. Focus on the future, what will it be when we overcome these problems, provide a perspective and purpose to face the current situation. A great leader will not only reach deep within but can unlock the reserves in others to deepen bonds and shared experience of overcoming setbacks. #leadership …see more

I don’t know why but I have this vivid memory of walking down the street as a kid with my older brother and my dad (who I saw once every couple of years). It had rained the night before and there were puddles in the gravel. I stomped in one and my dad told me to stop because I was making a mess. If I did it one more time I would be in trouble. I looked at him. I looked at the puddle. And then I jumped in anyway. And that’s been my life since. “Jumping in anyway.” Moral of the story? You decide. 😅 #justQ 🖖🏽🖤 …see more

“Hey, Amy, what’s a ghostwriter? And what exactly do you do?”🤔 Good questions!👏🏼 Let’s demystify the world of ghostwriting. 👻✍🏼 This week and next, I’ll help you understand ghostwriting, explain how it works, and share why partnering with the right ghostwriter can help you build your personal brand and thought leadership.🔥 To kick off my 🎥 series on ghostwriting, let’s start with the obvious: defining what ghostwriting is ✅ and—perhaps more importantly—what ghostwriting is not.❌ Stay tuned, and be sure to follow me so you won’t miss a thing!✅ #leadership #socialmedia #connection #communication #ghostwriting #career #personalbranding #thoughtleadership …see more

Always lead with positivity. A couple months back, I received some feedback and at first I couldn’t tell why it had such an effect on me. Before telling me how I could improve, he purposefully pointed out the things I did well. He made it a point to make me feel like I had potential and brought value. Although I needed to make iterations, the way he presented it made me want to push myself harder. Leaders understand not only what the company needs to grow, but also what the employee needs to be inspired. …see more

Interrupted sleep is terrible! Interrupted sleep while being in a hospital can straightaway slow your recovery. Now an artificial intelligence based algorithm can help avoid that. Many patients get woken up at night or at dawn to have their blood pressure measured or blood tested. When all they should be doing is to rest. Researchers of this paper mean to avoid these unnecessary overnight monitoring, using a clinically based deep learning model. They’ve checked millions of data from a multi-hospital health system to train an algorithm that creates an early morning patient score: this shows who are those patients that really need to be woken up due to a risky condition. Their result? From 10,000 cases, the algorithm was wrong only 2 times. This is exactly the kind of clinical problem where we need to start A.I. research and implementation. This is so very convincing that it could enable the adoption of artificial intelligence in other areas as well. #deeplearning #research #hospitalcare #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #AI #artificialintelligence #machinelearning …see more

What are the features of empowered patients and empowered physicians? They are: E-lectronic E-quipped E-nabled E-mpowered E-ngaged E-xperts See how they define the future of the doctor-patient relationship in The Medical Futurist Institute's latest paper: https://lnkd.in/gzwVi3a #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #TMFI #research …see more

From the article in The Economist on the need for a better working relationship between economists and epidemiologist.

The notable depreciation of most emerging markets currencies--illustrated by this BIS chart--enticed quite a few investors to pre-maturely embrace the convergence local currency trade. This EM depreciation is likely to persist given both internal and external conditions. #emergingmarkets #currency#EM #markets #investing #currency Bank for International Settlements – BIS …see more

This Bloomberg Markets analysis may be of interest to the growing number of investors -- and others -- looking for insights on how derivative market positioning impacts their investments in stocks indices and individual names. https://lnkd.in/gNuiwqr #markets #stocks #OptionsTrading Bloomberg LP #investments #investmentstrategies #investmentmanagement #investmentmanagers #investing #bonds #equities …see more

Oil prices are being hit particularly hard today, with Brent down as of now 9% and WTI 10% (chart below) -- this as renewed demand concerns and the general risk-off tone are compounded be a pick up of higher non-OPEC+ production. #economy #markets #commodity #energy #OPEC #oil #wti #brent …see more

Four charts from the Wall Street Journal article looking at the US-Russia-SaudiArabia interactions aimed at stabilizing the oil market, including inter-personal issues and the interesting negotiations/game theoretics involved. Here's the link: https://lnkd.in/eXNQKBg #economy #OPEC #markets #russia #oil #saudiarabia #us …see more

The link to this morning's conversation on Mornings with Maria. Thank you Maria Bartiromo for having me on your show. https://lnkd.in/eAQ89MD #economy #markets #investing #investors #FoxBusiness The Wall Street Journal #fed #federalreserve …see more

From The Hill. An example of why greater de-globalization will feature in the post crisis economic/corporate landscape. Resilience and national security will reverse prior inclinations favoring seemingly more cost effective global supply chains and just in time inventory management. #economy #globalization #markets #deglobalization #pharma …see more

Beautiful venue at the Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild in Paris, France! Successful talk on how brands (and nations) can digitalize through social storytelling and tap into the youth culture aka Gen Z’s this past weekend! Also equally grateful to have had the opportunity to reconnect with my roots and meet fellow Vietnamese leaders and influencers across the globe! 🇫🇷 💥 ✌️ Thanks for moderating the invite Van Hinh TRAN Sunny Hien Nguyen Vu Ngoc Anh ! If you’re interested in the deck or chatting further about branding consulting or personal branding coaching hit me up! 🙂 …see more

“Bad habits slow you down, decrease your accuracy, make you less creative, and stifle your performance.” A University of Minnesota study found that people who exercise a high degree of self-control tend to be much happier than those who don’t, both in the moment and in the long run. Here’s what not to do: 📱 Using your phone, tablet or computer in bed 👀 Impulsively surfing the Internet ⭐️ Perfectionism ✉️ Responding to emails as they arrive ⏰ Hitting the snooze button 🤯 Multitasking ✏️ Putting off tough tasks Agree? What else would you add? Credit: Forbes Dr. Travis Bradberry …see more

For many years now people have asked me how I got all these followers on here, built an audience, got a book deal and on TV, published 700 articles and all that good stuff.... as arrogant as this sounds. Being opinionated helped, luck plays a role, but far more of it was down to the skills, knowledge and advice from Adriana Stan After winning awards, working for top class publishers and helping many significant people make better decisions in business and become public/media personalities, she's now launching her own thing. I can't recommend highly enough working with her. www.adrianafstan.com …see more

Turns out you can buy my book today, from anywhere in the world, as a Kindle edition. Which is good news because it's sold out in some places already. Fortunately digital paper is infinite. https://lnkd.in/dYuVTrY …see more

Good Day Fox News desk with anchor Tim Ryan. Topic of the day - Facebook rolls out new privacy controls on Wednesday! #gooddayfox4 #womeninmedia #womenintech