Amazon's 'Institutional Yes' policy: managers are not allowed to say 'no' to employee ideas; if they must decline, they write a 2-page public thesis explaining why; this creates friction to saying no and increases surface area for experimentation.
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Peter DiamandisEvidence Quote
“My default answer has to be yes. And if I need to say if I want to say no, I have to write a two-page thesis as to why it's a bad idea and post it publicly”
Created: 8/13/2026, 10:25:00 AM
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