{"id":2030,"date":"2019-06-30T02:25:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T01:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosetta.vn\/short\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2019-06-30T02:25:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T01:25:13","slug":"jeff-bezos-requires-amazons-leaders-to-write-future-press-release-to-help-the-team-envision-the-product-in-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosetta.vn\/short\/2019\/06\/30\/jeff-bezos-requires-amazons-leaders-to-write-future-press-release-to-help-the-team-envision-the-product-in-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos requires Amazon’s leaders to write “future press release” to help the team envision the product in development"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amazon CEO,\u00a0Jeff Bezos<\/a>, started a unique\u00a0ritual that few other business leaders require of their teams–and those who do have often copied it from Bezos. It’s a habit that former Amazon executives say is fundamental to Amazon’s innovation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Since the early days of Amazon, Bezos has required teams to create a “future press release”\u00a0well before launching a new product or initiative. It’s a technique that will help you and your team create breakthrough innovations and leapfrog the competition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When Amazon executive John Rossman\u00a0joined the company in March of 2002, he was required to write\u00a0a press release for Amazon Marketplace, a business that accounts for over 50 percent of all units sold at\u00a0Amazon\u00a0<\/a>today. Rossman wrote his press release a full six months before launching the new business. The document wasn’t meant for the public. It was written to motivate, engage, and empower\u00a0his internal team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Writing ideas and proposals in complete narratives results in better ideas, more clarity on the ideas, and better conversation on the ideas,” Rossman told me\u00a0during an interview for his new book,\u00a0Think Like Amazon<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rossman’s four rules of writing a future press will give you and your team a competitive advantage no matter what stage of development your company, product, service or initiative is currently in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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1. Set the release in the future.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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A ‘future’ press release means just that–it should be written as if the product has already been launched. More importantly, the product is already a success in the marketplace, according to the story you write. Rossman had just started at Amazon and was required to write the release for six months down the road.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Before\u00a0writing\u00a0your press release, ask yourself: How far in the future am I writing this for and what does success look like when we get there?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2. Start with the customer.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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The press release should explain why the product improves the customer’s experience, what it does better than any other product in its category, and how it delights the customer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For example, in Rossman’s future press release for Amazon Marketplace, he wrote: “A seller, in the middle of the night, can register, list an item, receive an order, and delight a customer as though Amazon the retailer had done it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Amazon is obsessed with its customers–and so should you. Being customer-obsessed requires that you always start with the customer experience and work backwards. A future press release gives you and your team a specific description of how your product or idea will work when it’s in the customer’s hands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3. Articulate audacious and clear goals.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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According to Rossman, a future release must contain “clear, measurable results you’ve achieved, including financial, operating, and market share results.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Since we’re approaching the 50th anniversary of the moon landing in July, I can’t help but think about John F. Kennedy’s ‘future press release’ that he articulated in May of 1961 in a speech to Congress. He set clear and audacious goals and spoke from the perspective that the initiative had already happened–and succeeded. Kennedy said, “This nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a second speech at Rice University, Kennedy was even more specific. He said, “We shall send to the moon, 240,000 miles away from the control station in Houston, a giant rocket more than 300 feet tall, the length of this football field, made of new metal alloys…”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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What’s your moon landing? Make your future press release specific and bold.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4. Describe the hurdles you’ve overcome.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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According to Rossman, “Discuss the issues that needed to be addressed to achieve success.” This is where the future press release gives your team clarity on the problems they will have to solve to reach the goal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Outline the issues your team must resolve, but don’t worry about having solved the issues yet. You’ve got time, says Rossman. The point is to give your team a sense of accomplishment and a clear description of how their world will look once the issues are resolved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jeff Bezos is famous for requiring a future press release of every team before launching a new product, a new idea, or deciding to enter a new market. Why? Because innovation is hard work. It’s not about creating a product that marginally improves a category. True innovation, by definition, is introducing something completely new and different.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The future press release acts as a “forcing function.” It forces you–as a leader or entrepreneur–to clarify your vision. Get clear on your vision and watch your team step up to the challenge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

PUBLISHED ON: JUN 28, 2019<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Source: Jeff Bezos Requires Amazon’s Leaders to Perform This Powerful Ritual Before Launching Anything | Inc.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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