“The models have gotten so much better so quickly over the last nine months.” “It’s unbelievable,” Jassy said about large language models. Jassy also discussed his views on the future of technology and generative artificial intelligence. “Almost all the most important lessons I’ve learned have been through failure - professionally, academically, all of it,” Jassy added.ĭuring the talk, Doyle said he believes Jassy’s lessons about failure are applicable to academic and research experiences at Harvard. Reflecting on Amazon’s history, Jassy said tolerance for failure and iteration is one of the reasons the company continues to innovate. Still, the project’s team was rewarded for their work and subsequently placed on other high-priority initiatives, which Jassy described as a “cultural, reaffirming experience.” Jassy said the Fire Phone - Amazon’s short-lived entry into the smartphone market - was an example of strong execution and risk-taking, though it ultimately did not succeed.
Throughout the talk, Jassy discussed the importance of embracing failure. “We say yes to a lot more new ideas than most companies,” Jassy said. Jassy, who succeeded Jeff Bezos as president and CEO of Amazon in July 2021, credited Amazon’s success to its willingness to launch new projects and innovate. “People who like to look at customer experiences, figure out what can be better about them, and seek to change them or reinvent them.” We think of builders as people who like to invent,” Jassy said.
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Jassy, a former Crimson advertising manager, began the event by discussing his philosophy on how to build and manage innovative teams, underscoring decentralized product development and moving fast with reversible “two-way door” decisions. Harvard partners with AWS on research efforts on topics including quantum networking and solving global challenges through data science.
Jassy, 55, joined Amazon in 1997 after receiving his MBA from Harvard Business School, holding various leadership roles in the company before founding Amazon Web Services. Jassy ’90 discussed failure, innovation, and the future of technology at a Thursday lecture moderated by School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean Francis J.
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