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Keynote SpeakerJohn Rossman

The Early Amazon Executive, Transformation & Innovation Expert, Author of The Amazon Way & Big Bet Leadership

Keynote SpeakerJohn Rossman

The Early Amazon Executive, Transformation & Innovation Expert, Author of The Amazon Way & Big Bet Leadership

Early Amazon executive that launched the Amazon marketplace business
Author of The Amazon Way: Amazon's 14 Leadership Principles & Think Like Amazon: 50 1/2 Ideas to Become a Digital Leader
Former senior innovation advisor at T-Mobile and Gates Foundation
Speaking Fee: 40,000
Travel Buyout: $3,000 Airfare Plus Hotel and Ground

John Rossman Speaker Profile

John Rossman, a renowned author and business innovator, boasts a rich portfolio of leadership insights, with four notable books under his belt, including the bestseller “The Amazon Way.” Serving as an early executive at Amazon, John played a pivotal role in the inception of the Amazon marketplace back in 2002. Today, he stands as a prominent keynote speaker, focusing on leadership strategies that drive innovation and transformation in organizations.

John is not just a thinker; he’s an action-oriented builder who thrives on tackling intricate business challenges and aligning them with the ever-evolving needs of customers. He excels in crafting inventive solutions and business models that contribute to sustainable enterprise growth.

Mark your calendars for February 27, 2024, when John’s eagerly anticipated book, “Big Bet Leadership: Your Transformation Playbook for Winning in the Hyper-Digital Era,” is set to hit the shelves. In addition to his literary accomplishments, John is the visionary founder of Rossman Partners, a dynamic firm specializing in strategy and leadership solutions.

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Leadership is a skill. Culture is the default standard defining how we work together. How can you build on your leadership and culture to drive systematic growth & innovation? Based on the best-selling The Amazon Way: Amazon’s Leadership Principles, Rossman outlines a set of strategies and tactics, giving a playbook for any industry or situation to make small changes resulting in significant impact. Customer centricity, metrics and operational excellence, a system for innovation, Amazon’s “working backwards” methodology, disagree but commit, and deliver hard results are just some of the leadership playbook with habits to reinforce and create change.

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“Bold Moves & Winning in the Age of AI” is a riveting keynote speech that delves into the dynamics of leadership and decision-making in the AI-driven world. Leveraging insights from “Big Bet Leadership,” the presentation illuminates the path to making audacious and calculated strategic moves that can propel organizations to new heights. This is the playbook to become a transformative leader! We dissect real-life examples, showcasing how Big Bet Legends have three critical habits differentiating them from the pack. Attendees leave with a renewed sense of purpose, armed with actionable strategies and a deep understanding of how to lead boldly and win in the age of AI.

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Is your organization ready to create the future of your company and industry? Leaders who want to drive innovation must ask this while challenging conventional thinking if they want to have a future in their industry. But what are the right questions to ask to create that future? How do we develop our strategy? How can we anticipate industry disruption, and how we adapt? Former Amazon Executive John Rossman was a key leader in launching and scaling the third-party platform which today accounts for over 50% of Amazon’s business, leading to fundamental disruption to the retail industry. By leveraging many of the ideas from Think Like Amazon, Rossman provides principles and strategies which drove Amazon and can drive your industry’s future. He will challenge your team and provide them with strategies, tools, and questions to help you begin creating your company’s future.

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Your supply prices and lead times are rising, your employee wages are increasing, transportation is getting more expensive, and critical components (like chips) might be in short supply. Your COGS and your P&L are a mess. Your world and business might feel like it’s in crisis. This is a leadership choice — waste time worrying about what’s happening or plan to survive and thrive in the volatile market? John delivers an engaging story explaining how challenging traditional thinking and management science can help you maximize the value of a good crisis and guide you to innovate and strengthen your business. Volatile markets and uncertainty lead most organizations to cut, run and stick their head in the sand until the storm passes. You’ll learn how it is the ideal time to go on offense by focusing on rapid innovation and finding immediate ROI opportunities to improve operational effectiveness. Audience members leave with practical theory, examples, tools, and techniques to help them build better strategies, plans, and solutions so they never waste a good crisis.
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The audience LOVED your leadership keynote and they took away many key learnings that they hope can be applied moving forward.

- Novartis

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John has a unique ability to relate to any audience and any industry and not just inspire them to innovate, but deliver profound techniques they can put into action. Incredible hour with John

- Larry Hightower -- Founder & CEO of Vxtra Health

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John Rossman Keynote Speeches

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Leadership is a skill. Culture is the default standard defining how we work together. How can you build on your leadership and culture to drive systematic growth & innovation? Based on the best-selling The Amazon Way: Amazon’s Leadership Principles, Rossman outlines a set of strategies and tactics, giving a playbook for any industry or situation to make small changes resulting in significant impact. Customer centricity, metrics and operational excellence, a system for innovation, Amazon’s “working backwards” methodology, disagree but commit, and deliver hard results are just some of the leadership playbook with habits to reinforce and create change.

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“Bold Moves & Winning in the Age of AI” is a riveting keynote speech that delves into the dynamics of leadership and decision-making in the AI-driven world. Leveraging insights from “Big Bet Leadership,” the presentation illuminates the path to making audacious and calculated strategic moves that can propel organizations to new heights. This is the playbook to become a transformative leader! We dissect real-life examples, showcasing how Big Bet Legends have three critical habits differentiating them from the pack. Attendees leave with a renewed sense of purpose, armed with actionable strategies and a deep understanding of how to lead boldly and win in the age of AI.

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Is your organization ready to create the future of your company and industry? Leaders who want to drive innovation must ask this while challenging conventional thinking if they want to have a future in their industry. But what are the right questions to ask to create that future? How do we develop our strategy? How can we anticipate industry disruption, and how we adapt? Former Amazon Executive John Rossman was a key leader in launching and scaling the third-party platform which today accounts for over 50% of Amazon’s business, leading to fundamental disruption to the retail industry. By leveraging many of the ideas from Think Like Amazon, Rossman provides principles and strategies which drove Amazon and can drive your industry’s future. He will challenge your team and provide them with strategies, tools, and questions to help you begin creating your company’s future.

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Your supply prices and lead times are rising, your employee wages are increasing, transportation is getting more expensive, and critical components (like chips) might be in short supply. Your COGS and your P&L are a mess. Your world and business might feel like it’s in crisis. This is a leadership choice — waste time worrying about what’s happening or plan to survive and thrive in the volatile market? John delivers an engaging story explaining how challenging traditional thinking and management science can help you maximize the value of a good crisis and guide you to innovate and strengthen your business. Volatile markets and uncertainty lead most organizations to cut, run and stick their head in the sand until the storm passes. You’ll learn how it is the ideal time to go on offense by focusing on rapid innovation and finding immediate ROI opportunities to improve operational effectiveness. Audience members leave with practical theory, examples, tools, and techniques to help them build better strategies, plans, and solutions so they never waste a good crisis.

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