亚马逊的单线程领导者

Single-threaded leadership is the most critical organizational design concept at Amazon. It has been instrumental in avoiding coupling and slow velocity while increasing the number of initiatives that Amazon can run in parallel.

单线程领导是亚马逊最关键的组织设计理念。它在避免耦合和缓慢的速度方面发挥了作用，同时增加了亚马逊可以并行运行的举措数量。

The basic idea behind single-threaded leadership is that for each initiative or business problem, there is a leader whose focus is that initiative and that initiative alone. That person leads one or more separable, single-threaded teams to deliver the initiative goals. The name comes from computer science terminology—a single-threaded program executes one command at a time.

单线程领导力的基本理念是，对于每一项举措或业务问题，都有一个领导者，他的工作重点是该举措，而且仅仅是该举措。这个人领导一个或多个可分离的、单线程的团队来实现倡议的目标。这个名字来自于计算机科学术语--单线程程序一次执行一条命令。

Single-threaded leaders are owners

单线程领导者是负责人

Many companies find themselves struggling against their own bureaucratic drag, which appears in the form of layer upon layer of permission, ownership, and accountability, all working against fast, decisive forward progress.

许多公司发现自己在与自己的官僚主义拖累作斗争，这种拖累以一层又一层的许可、所有权和问责制的形式出现，所有这些都不利于快速、果断地向前推进。

Colin Bryar and Bill Carr, Vice Presidents at Amazon

科林-布赖尔和比尔-卡尔，亚马逊的副总裁

In many companies, critical initiatives languish because of the lack of a clear mandate. No one is empowered to make it happen end to end. The single-threaded model is a change of mindset regarding ownership—all success and failures rest with the leader, and the bucket stops there.

在许多公司中，由于缺乏明确的授权，关键性的举措无疾而终。没有人被授权去实现它。单线程模式是关于所有权的思维方式的改变--所有的成功和失败都由领导者承担，而这个桶就停在那里。

A single-threaded leader is an individual wholly dedicated to solving one business problem, someone who wakes up in the morning and worries just about that one thing, ensuring the initiative’s vision and goals are always at the forefront and is ready to escalate risks early.

一个单线程的领导者是一个完全致力于解决一个商业问题的人，他每天早上起来只担心这一件事，确保倡议的愿景和目标始终处于最前沿，并准备及早升级风险。

Single-threaded leaders may be individual contributors, manage a single-threaded team, or a large organization whose attention is simil...