Management Café: April 2023

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#52 The problem with adopting "Amazon's one-pagers" and other best practices

Jeff Bezos called the one-pager the "smartest thing we ever did at Amazon". And everywhere we look there are best practices and frameworks which worked wonders for big & successful organisations. So why do they often fail when we apply them in our organisations?

We propose that best practices are not something to "lift and shift". Adopting practices without a proper assessment is risky. But going too far the other way can be it's own trap. We can dismiss something too quickly if we haven't bothered to understand the context behind it.

Instead they can be a starting point for finding the solution that works best for your organisation.