The Digital Leader Newsletter -- By John Rossman

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OpenAI -- Could Leadership Principles Have Helped?
Considering the dynamic and explosive news out of OpenAI this week, I wonder…how could a business going so well, have such a massive and avoidable set…
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Do You Have Principles???
Operate by principles that are so clearly laid out that their logic can easily be assessed, and you and others can see if you walk the talk. — Ray…
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Delete, Delete, Delete -- The Critical Technique from "Elon Musk" by Walter Isaacson
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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The Critical Decision To Make on Innovation
Do We Develop a System for Innovation or Just Have Hope?
Is it "Day 2" at Amazon??? Rossman's Turnaround Plan for Amazon.
I believe Jeff Bezos's greatest fear for Amazon was that it becomes a bureaucracy. A place where people become more concerned about optics than building…
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Experiment, Learn, Repeat, Scale
Plan and Operate Your Experiments for Growth & Innovation Success --THINKING BIG, NOT BETTING BIGI led the launch of the third-party business at Amazon…
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Carta Destroys Trust and Enterprise Value
“Trust is like the air we breathe – when it’s present, nobody really notices; when it’s absent, everybody notices.” Warren Buffett
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Insights from Peter Drucker's Iconic Book "The Effective Executive"
The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
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Is Your AI Plan Just Paving the Cow Paths?
Obliterate —>Integrate—>Automate: Always in that order.
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Are You Ready to Deliver Results???
Delivering hard results, especially when driving growth and innovation initiatives, is a game of statesmanship, influence, clarity, simplification, and…
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The Highlight from Lex Fridman's Interview with Jeff Bezos
Strategies and Techniques for Change Agents, Strategists, and Innovators
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Why AI Needs You to Rethink Your Problem
Strategies and Techniques for Change Agents, Strategists, and Innovators
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