A meeting discipline attributed to Jeff Bezos: rather than opening with his own view, he polls every team lead in the room for their read first, and only states his own opinion last.
Withholding a senior voice until after everyone else has spoken prevents anchoring — junior or dissenting views surface honestly instead of being pre-shaped by the boss's stated preference. It pairs with Amazon's Six-Page Narrative (silent reading of a six-page memo before discussion serves the same anchoring-avoidance goal) and with Disagree and Commit once a decision is reached.
Reported by Tamar Yehoshua (Glean) from her time at Amazon under Bezos.
Before offering his own view, Bezos would poll every lead in the room for their position — going around systematically rather than waiting for volunteers — and only spoke last himself. The polling step is what made speaking-last effective: it surfaced genuine, un-anchored opinions from everyone present rather than just the most vocal or highest-status people in the room.
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