"Disagree and Commit" in a vacuum is just an authoritarian kludge. The Amazon principle is "Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit". Most leadership principles in

"Disagree and Commit" in a vacuum is just an authoritarian kludge. The Amazon principle is "Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit". Most leadership principles in Amazon are in conflict with each other, creating a sort of checks-and-balances situation. But "Disagree and Commit" is so powerful that it needs a check in itself. It doesn't work without "Have Backbone" - but most senior leaders I see who love it never mention that part. They always spell it out as a "follow the orders once they're made" sort of thing.