Amazon exec says the most important lessons from Jeff Bezos were the power of the 16 leadership principles he once dismissed as a ‘cult’

When Doug Herrington first arrived at Amazon more than two decades ago, he found not just a fast-moving e-commerce startup, but a culture wrapped in what felt like a corporate creed.

“I felt like I had joined a cult,” Herrington said on a recent episode of Learn and Be Curious with Doug Herrington, Amazon’s internal podcast. He had joined Amazon in 2005 as the vice president of consumables, according to his LinkedIn, working up the ranks to CEO of worldwide Amazon stores by 2022.

“I told my wife...