Search online to read about Jeff Bezos’s management of his new executives. Specifically, explore Amazon.com’s “S-Team” meetings using the following link and other sources you find online (
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegallo/2019/06/18/how-the-first-15-minutes-of-amazons-leadership-meetings-sparks-great-ideas-and-better-conversations/?sh=69aa8e6c54ca
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Why does Bezos begin meetings of senior executives with 30 minutes of silent reading?
How does this focus the group?
Why does Bezos insist new ideas must be written and presented in memo form?
How does this reflect the founder’s insistence on clear, concise, and innovative thinking in his company?
And does this exercise work as a de facto crash course for new Amazon executives? Explain why this small but crucial management strategy reflects Bezos’s overriding goal of cohesive and clear idea presentation.