Title: Theory / Unimportant / Compagnie considérée / Amazon / Culture

Name: Working backward
Definition: the process of starting with the best possible press release and FAQ, and ending potentially with implementation
Page: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/an-insider-look-at-amazons-culture-and-processes
Definition2: the name of the book written about this method
Conjdef: Both

Question: What is the point of working backward
Answer: Ensuring to remain consumer-centric by considering how it help them
Page: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/an-insider-look-at-amazons-culture-and-processes
Answer2: Scrapping projects at a time were no developper times were consumed

Name: Press Release
Definition: A document containing a short press release that would be sent if the related product were created
Page: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/an-insider-look-at-amazons-culture-and-processes
Context: working backward
Abbreviation: PR

Name: PR/FAQ
Definition: A document containing a PR and a FAQ about a considered product
Page: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/an-insider-look-at-amazons-culture-and-processes
Context: working backward

Name: Amazon mission
Definition: to be Earth’s most customer-centric company.
Page: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/landing_pages/about-amazon

Name: Day 1
Definition: make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, innovate and invent, and focus on delighting customers.
Page: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/landing_pages/about-amazon
Etymology: Our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day

Name: Door desk
Definition: A desk, made from a door, legs and metal bracket.
Page: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/landing_pages/assessments
Context: Amazon
Intuition: symbol of amazon frugality: find cheapest good solution to a problem you meet

Name: Virtuous cycle
Definition: Customer experience lead to traffic
Page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=3kM2hFNZAio&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=InsideAmazonVideos
Context: Amazon
Definition2: Traffic lead to sellers interest
Definition3: Sellers brings more selection
Intuition: Closed loop, more energy injected make them grow faster
Definition4: Selection leads to better customer experience
Definition5: Growth allow to lower cost structure
Definition6: Lowering cost structure lower prices
Definition7: Lowering prices leads to better customer experience

Name: AmazeCon
Definition: Largest internal conference at Amazon
Page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=3kM2hFNZAio&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=InsideAmazonVideos
Context: Amazon

Name: Glamazon
Definition: LGBT group at Amazon
Page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=3kM2hFNZAio&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=InsideAmazonVideos
Context: Amazon

Name: Door desk award
Definition: Award for people exemplifying invention and frugality
Page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=3kM2hFNZAio&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=InsideAmazonVideos
Context: Amazon
Extra: The idea does not have to be implemented, if so not to work to be eligible

Name: Just do it award
Definition: Award for employee having a bias for action.
Page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=3kM2hFNZAio&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=InsideAmazonVideos
Context: Amazon
Notation: large well-worn nike sneaker
Extra: The idea does not have to be implemented, if so not to work to be eligible

Smaller0: intention
Greater0: mechanism
Page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=3kM2hFNZAio&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=InsideAmazonVideos
Smaller to greater: is worse than
Greater to smaller: is better than
Context: Amazon

Name: S team
Definition: Team in charge of creating goals for the whole company
Page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=3kM2hFNZAio&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=InsideAmazonVideos
Example: Grow revenue from 10 to 15 billions$
Example2: mechanism

Name: Operating plan
Definition: Assesment of past performence
Page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=3kM2hFNZAio&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=InsideAmazonVideos
Variables: Amazon
Definition2: Key initiative for next year
Definition3: detailled income statement
Abbreviation: OP
Definition4: Request and justification for resources

Name: Tenet
Definition: Rules stating how a team does something
Context: Amazon
Intuition: If there are multiple way, it's a simple answer
Cardinal: 5, 6 by team

Name: charter
Definition: What a team does
Context: Amazon team

Name: Day one
Definition: The idea of behaving like a start-up, with always trying to make things better and start improving

Name: Regret minimization framework
Definition: Taking decision by trying to figure out how to have less regret in the future
Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos

Name: Work-life harmony
Definition: the theory that work quality improve quality of life and reciprocally. Improving work is not at the expense of improving life but is a part of it
Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos

Name: Amazon connection
Definition: Process where each day employee answer one question about work. When at least 4 people answer, manager gets average result

Name: One way door
Definition: A decision that is hardly reversible once it is taken
Context: Amazon
Example: Hiring someone (from the point view of the direct manager)
Example2: Choice of programming language

Name: Two way door
Definition: A decision that can be cancelled if it was a bad idea
Context: Amazon
Example: Changing a color/UI
Example2: Back-end algorithm (as they are invisible to customer and can be profiled)

Name: Weblab
Definition: Tool to make experiment before comitting
Context: Amazon

Name: Andon
Definition: a system which notifies managerial, maintenance, and other workers of a quality or processing problem
Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andon_(manufacturing)

Name: Narrative
Definition: Written text that help take a decision
Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andon_(manufacturing)
Context: Amazon