Writing
Writing as a Thinking Tool: Why Amazon's 6-Page Memos Beat PowerPoint Every Time
Jeff Bezos, in a 2004 internal memo, banned PowerPoint presentations at Amazon senior-leadership meetings. Instead, any proposal had to be submitted as a six-page, narratively structured memo. Meetings began with 20-30 minutes of silent reading of the memo, after which discussion started. The policy was controversial at the time and