Ep11 – Bringing Your Whole Self with Bunmi Omotowa, Finance Manager; Insights, Planning, Analytics, And Technology, AWS Artwork

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Ep11 – Bringing Your Whole Self with Bunmi Omotowa, Finance Manager; Insights, Planning, Analytics, And Technology, AWS

January 24, 2020 • Charlie Kunken & Sid Dhodi, Finance At Amazon

“ALWAYS BRING YOUR WHOLE SELF TO WHATEVER IT IS YOU’RE DOING.”

Today Sid and I sit down with our old friend, Bunmi Omotowa, Finance Manager on the Insights, Planning, Analytics, & Technology finance team for AWS. Simply put, they tell the C-suite what’s going on in AWS daily. I told you we’ve got important friends.

We get to dig in today to see how Bunmi learned to embrace fear and she shares with us an operating philosophy that would serves us all to heed.

Very fun and very wise! Please enjoy.

4:04 | Some things that made for a great team

6:20 | Bunmi’s role giving insights to executives, strengths you need to have

9:00 | If you’re taking on a job that feels like a stretch you’re on the right track

12:25 | Why fear is not a bad thing

16:50 | Amazon origin story

22:30 | Advice on work – work should be fun, right for you, and don’t settle for less than your best self

26:30 | The extra Leadership Principle – How we treat each other

28:50 | Bunmi’s leadership philosophy – know what your team members are passionate about

30:40 | Learning new things from some recent biographies – Michelle Obama, Tiffany Haddish, seeing the world through different lenses

35:10 | Bunmi’s movie breakdown: some great stories for families - Malificent 2, Kingsman

37:45 | Bunmi in 5 years

39:22 | Bunmi’s philosophy on life – Always bring your whole self to whatever it is you’re doing

Bunmi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bunmi-omotowa-4b13b617/

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