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The Amazon leadership principle, "good leaders are right a lot" is, if you think about it, the philosophical opposite of agility (but not in the waterfall sense). If it is worth being "right a lot" it means the costs of being wrong are non-trivial. More right = fewer iterations.
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If you get it right the first time, you don't need to iterate. The ability to get it right the first time may not be a product of prior iteration. You might simply be smarter/more insightful/have more background/context knowledge etc.
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Amazon also has “bias for action”, “Speed matters in business. Many decisions and actions are reversible and do not need extensive study. We value calculated risk taking.” It’s important to distinguish between decisions that require careful thought and those that don’t.
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Actually, it's the hardest one to figure out. Being right as a result of over-iterating. They expect people to learn on their own, dive deep into issues (facts, cause/effects, etc) to seek truth. The output being strong biz judgement and being right a lot more than others.
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