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Nov 21, 2021 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
I can share some of my Annual Planning experience at Amazon. Keep in mind that Amazon is pretty diverse, so the details vary a lot depending on the org you are in. For example, many processes are very different between Retail, AWS, and Devices. #Amazon#AnnualPlanning#YMMV
It is standard practice to do an Operational Plan (OP) every year in the 2nd half. This usually broken up into OP1 around Aug/Sep and OP2 around Nov/Dec. OP doc is a standard Amazon 6 pager created by each team in word. Team in this case is probably 10-100 people.
Aug 22, 2021 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
1/7 The home office has been a pandemic blessing for me. I am able to arrange my space and time to focus or recharge my attention as needed. This is a total power up for personal productivity and satisfaction.
#productivity#homeoffice#pandemicimpact2/7 Hybrid + hot-desking would be a pandemic curse. The trend to open office has always been a deep productivity disappointment and prime example of frupidity. This is backed by empirical research.
