Jeff Bezos.
Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon and Blue Origins.
  • Jeff Bezos said he always encouraged his teams to seek the truth when making tough decisions. 
  • The Amazon founder spoke on the Lex Fridman Podcast and said compromising is not truth seeking.
  • Bezos was known for encouraging staff to work fast and make effective decisions. 

Jeff Bezos offered some unconventional wisdom about teamwork and said it's actually a bad idea when companies encourage employees to compromise with each other.

Speaking on the Lex Fridman Podcast on Thursday, the Amazon founder said that "dispute resolution" is a really interesting thing to observe on teams because two "well-intentioned" people may just have very different opinions about what's the right decision.