John Rossman

As an early senior Amazon executive, author of The Amazon Way bestseller, Rossman guides in an energetic keynote to inspire and give actionable takeaways to innovate and win in the digital era.

Expert on

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Innovation
  • Future
  • Technology
  • Inspirational
  • Leadership – Executive Level

Fee Range

$25,000–$40,000

Travels from

WA, US

Biography

Your leadership, culture, strategy and tactics need a playbook tailored to the mission –> compete and win in the digital era. You need a keynote speaker who is a proven operator, advisor and author who sets strategy and implements these concepts, not just talks about them. Your need energy and authentic credibility. Your audience will be taking notes and eager to move these ideas forward.

John Rossman is a business strategist, operator and expert on digital transformation, leadership and business reinvention. He has consulted with many great brands including Novartis, Fidelity Investments, Microsoft, Walmart, and Nordstrom. He served as senior innovation advisor at T-Mobile and senior technology advisor to the Gates Foundation. He is the founder of Rossman Partners, a management advisory team helping clients compete and win in the digital era. He is an operator and builder whose love is diving into business problems and customer needs designing solutions and business models. 

He is a former Amazon executive responsible for launching the Amazon marketplace business in 2002. Following Amazon, John was a managing director at an international restructuring and turnaround firm for twelve years and started Rossman Partners in 2017 to guide his clients in competing and winning in the digital era.

Speaker Videos

BIG BET LEADERSHIP & DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES: A LEADERSHIP PLAYBOOK FOR CHATGPT AND GENERATIVE AI

Discover how to lead a reengineering of your business by harnessing the power of ChatGPT, generative AI, and other disruptive technologies. This keynote presents a strategic leadership playbook designed to guide leaders through the process of digital transformation and business reinvention, positioning their organization for long-term success.

Based on his forthcoming book… the power and impact of ChatGPT, generative AI, computer vision, the Internet of Things and other disruptive technologies is awesome, and a bit scary. How do leaders create the thinking, environment and management structures to understand, create business value and help their teams embrace the technology and changes that are coming?

THINKING IN OUTCOMES -- LEADERSHIP FOR FAST INNOVATION & SUCCEEDING AT BIG BETS

BIG BETS happen at all levels in a company – the enterprise, division, product, program, and team. BIG BETS are the initiatives and plans we think will deliver lasting impact, but there is significant risk as these are complex strategies and plans. They are a BIG BET.

BIG BETS goes by many names, like digital transformations, new business models, innovation programs, and strategic initiatives. Over 80% of all BIG BETS fail to deliver on time, on a budget, or deliver the expected business impact. Some seem to never end. This leaves leadership wary of trying more bets and risk being left behind in a rapidly changing industry.

Based on research and 35 years of delivering BIG BETS to Fortune 100 companies, John Rossman gives you a playbook for Thinking in Outcomes to succeed at your BIG BETS. Based on his forthcoming book Thinking in Outcomes.

LEADERSHIP & CULTURE FOR GROWTH & INNOVATION -- THE AMAZON WAY

Leadership is a skill. Culture is the default standard defining how we work together. So, how can you build on your leadership and culture to drive systematic growth & innovation?

Based on the best-selling The Amazon Way: Amazon’s Leadership Principles, Rossman outlines a set of strategies and tactics, giving a playbook for any industry or situation to make small changes resulting in significant impact.

Customer centricity, metrics and operational excellence, a system for innovation, Amazon’s “working backwards” methodology, disagree but commit, and deliver hard results are just some of the leadership playbook with habits to reinforce and create change.

THINK LIKE AMAZON... LEADERSHIP FOR THE FUTURE OF YOUR INDUSTRY?

Is your company ready to create the future of your company and industry? Leaders who want to drive innovation must ask this while challenging conventional thinking if they want to have a future in their industry. But what are the right questions to ask to create that future? How do we develop our strategy? How can we anticipate industry disruption, and how we adapt?

Former Amazon Executive John Rossman was a key leader in launching and scaling the third-party platform which today accounts for over 50% of Amazon’s business, leading to fundamental disruption to the retail industry. By leveraging many of the ideas from Think Like Amazon, Rossman provides principles and strategies which drove Amazon and can drive your industry’s future. He will challenge your team and provide them with strategies, tools, and questions to help you begin creating your company’s future.