1-way and 2-way doors in the Amazon lexicon is useful. Worth noting: Most decisions are 2-way doors. Very few decisions are 1-way doors. It takes experienced

1-way and 2-way doors in the Amazon lexicon is useful. Worth noting: Most decisions are 2-way doors. Very few decisions are 1-way doors. It takes experienced folks to identify true 1-way doors and apply the brakes. Having a culture of thoughtful document reviews, for example, gives space for people to identify 1-way / 2-way doors and push back. Having institutionalized knowledge gained from 20 years of running the largest public cloud provider helps in identifying 1-way doors in software development too. All of that is to caution... yes, Bezos says useful things, can you take it and apply it to your company? Maybe. Do you implement / have the rest of what made it work well for Amazon too?