by John Rossman | Oct 9, 2021 | Newsletter
Many think that “being a platform business” is beyond their business, beyond their capabilities, beyond this quarter’s results. Being a platform is only for a select few companies. Not true! Being a platform is within many companies’ reach and would have several...
by John Rossman | Sep 28, 2021 | Newsletter
The species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself — Charles Darwin Adapting, another word for “innovating”. The history of category-leading companies successfully “adapting” from one era to...
by John Rossman | Sep 28, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
In 2002, Amazon launched the marketplace business. Today, that business accounts for well over 50% of all orders at Amazon and has over two million sellers. It is an ecosystem that impacts global supply chains and is one of the “dreamy businesses” Bezos talks about....
by John Rossman | Sep 13, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
A Superset of Principles to Accelerate Your Strategy How can we attain a goal or a trait if we can’t define it? How do we judge an athletic event if there aren’t rules and standards to judge by? Can we build and strengthen a strategy and culture of...
by John Rossman | Aug 27, 2021 | Media
“But what is digital transformation?” asks John Rossman, former Amazon executive, founder of Rossman Partners, and author of The Amazon Way. Digital, Rossman believes, boils down to two core traits: speed and agility. “Speed is about world-class operations,” he says....
