Amazon banned PowerPoint presentations in favor of written narrative memos that force clearer thinking. Authors must detail their idea, required resources, costs, and expected returns before any meeting happens.
For the longest time, everyone was doing PowerPoints, right? And then at a certain point, they're just like, dude, like no more PowerPoints because PowerPoints are easier for you, the creator, but it's harder for the audience to understand, right? So they mandated this thing where you have to write narratives and memos where like if you came up with an idea, Neil, you'd have to write out like, hey, this is what I'm thinking right now. This is what it's going to look like. Here's the resources required. And then FAQ, like this is how much is it going to cost? Here's how much we might get from it. And so it forces clear thinking because the problem as a company gets bigger is everyone has an idea, right? Everyone's like, oh, I have this idea, I have this idea. But this, this stops the laziness. It's like, oh, you have You're going to write a narrative.
