Beth Galetti on decision making
From Sustaining a Day 1 Culture: Beth Galetti, Amazon SVP HR · · AmazonWebServices
“Day one culture requires high velocity decision making; high quality decisions at speed is a real focus to deliver for our customers.”
On , Beth Galetti, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Human Resources at Amazon, spoke about decision making during Sustaining a Day 1 Culture: Beth Galetti, Amazon SVP HR on AmazonWebServices.
About Beth Galetti
Beth Galetti, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Human Resources at Amazon, participated in a fireside chat in January 2025 where she discussed career development and workplace practices. She advised that meeting documents should "speak for itself" and that a "great meeting is one where people are giving you feedback and they're asking you hard questions." Galetti also recommended exercise as a method for overcoming challenging days, noting she is a "Peloton fan." In a 2021 discussion, Galetti described Amazon's "Day 1 culture" as being "customer obsessed" and requiring "high velocity decision making" and a willingness to "be experimental and disruptive." She stated that to maintain this culture, Amazon aims to "de-risk the business while empowering people at every level of the organization to make as many decisions on their own as possible." Galetti also identified signs of a "Day 2" culture, including short-term thinking and slowing decision-making, and said that Amazon uses mechanisms such as "two-pizza teams" and writing press releases before big initiatives to stay focused on customers.