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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Tuesday that he's working to root out bureaucracy from within the company's ranks as part of an effort to reset its culture.

Speaking at Amazon's annual conference for third-party sellers in Seattle, Jassy said the changes are necessary for the company to be able to innovate faster.

"I would say bureaucracy is really anathema to startups and to entrepreneurial organizations," Jassy said. "As you get larger, it's really easy to accumulate bureaucracy, a lot of bureaucracy that you may not see."

A year ago, as part of a mandate requiring corporate employees to work in the office five days a week, Jassy set a goal to flatten organizations across Amazon. He called for the company t

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