> Amazon is so decentralized that the anti-patterns you list are probably only under your VP. One would think so, yet friends in other orgs tell me stories tha

> Amazon is so decentralized that the anti-patterns you list are probably only under your VP. One would think so, yet friends in other orgs tell me stories that make me feel the rot has reached the top. Or, those at the top who are't rotted are too far away from anyone doing anything. Jeff Bezos may believe in the Leadership Principles but that doesn't matter if he's 8 levels of management away from the people actually doing anything, and none of those 7 levels in between give a shit about anything other than hitting their numbers.