“Our leadership principles often have tension in them. And I think that's actually a good thing and it makes sense.”

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The speaker is saying that leadership values can conflict with one another, and that this is not a problem. Instead, that tension can be useful because it reflects the complexity of real decision-making.

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About Andy Jassy

American business executive, since 2021

Andrew R. Jassy is an American business executive. Since July 2021, he has served as president and chief executive officer of Amazon, succeeding founder Jeff Bezos, who remained executive chairman. Jassy founded Amazon Web Services and led it from the start. He was its chief executive from April 2016 until July 2021, after helping build it into Amazon’s cloud computing division.

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