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Why Amazon banned PowerPoint

And how resurrecting the memo helped the tech giant make better decisions..

Jeff Bezos may be the only person in the world who knows how to run both a hyper-growth start-up and a massive listed corporation. At the very least he’s the only CEO who knows how to do both at the same time . 

Amazon is the standout example of 21st century capitalism. From its 1990s origins as a glorified mail order book reseller operating out of the garage of Bezos’s suburban Seattle home, it became the world’s most valuable business for the first time last year, and continues to jostle for the position. 

Time is on its side: turnover stands at over $280bn, and rarely grows at less than 25 per cent per annum. By the middle of the decade, it’s likely to do more trade than even Wal-Mart.

There are various strands of Amazon’s DNA that could explain its success, from a relentless obsession with the customer (often to the detriment of other stakeholders) to the way it uses data to make decisions, its unusually high tolerance for failure and its pugnacious corporate culture. 

One underrated feature stands out to me though: the process by which Amazon makes decisions. It all started in June 2004, when Bezos banned bullet points and PowerPoint at a senior leadership level.

Instead of presentations, Bezos began iterating an approach to sharing information that involves writing memos of running copy, between two and six pages long. Meetings typically begin in silence as all participants sit and read the memo for up to half an hour before discussing it. 

The original email from Bezos explaining the decision is preserved in Ram Charan and Julia Yang’s book The Amazon Management System : 

“Well-structured, narrative text is what we’re after, rather than just text. If someone builds a list of bullet points in Word, that would be just as bad as PowerPoint. 

“The reason writing a good four-page memo is harder than 'writing' a 20-page PowerPoint is because the narrative structure of a good memo forces better thought and better understanding of what’s more important than what, and how things are related. 

“PowerPoint-style presentations somehow give permission to gloss over ideas, flatten out any sense of relative importance, and ignore the interconnectedness of ideas.”

To many people this will seem counterintuitive. After all, communication in general is increasingly visual and attention-grabbing; you’d expect a forward-thinking business like Amazon to use snazzy videos rather than 2,500 word essays.

You’d also expect such an agile firm to have a method of information-sharing that was quick; these memos, Charan and Yang point out, can take a week to put together, involving several redrafts and edits both from the original author and their wider team. 

But Bezos’s point is that the time taken to think through ideas properly is hardly wasted, because it saves time - and headaches - later. It’s far better, after all, to iron out logical inconsistencies and to prioritise clearly before you commit resources to execution. 

He also favours the memo over oral presentation because the latter tends to encourage interruptions, and to reward rhetorical ability (and the slickness of one’s slide deck) as much as the content. Other people’s opinions of the content, meanwhile, can be influenced subconsciously by how the rest of the room reacts. With long-form copy, there isn’t really anywhere to hide. 

There’s another value to the memo, albeit one that doesn’t have quite so universal a benefit. Since the 1970s, there’s been extensive research into learning types - a simplified way of looking at it is that some people absorb information better by seeing, others by listening, others by reading, others by doing. Presentations disadvantage the readers among us.

Of course, the reverse could be said about memos, so perhaps it’s time to experiment with different styles of information-sharing, to allow different personality types to participate fully. 

At the very least, questioning how you do meetings, exchange information and make decisions has to be a good thing, even if in the end you decide you’re just a little too fond of your PowerPoint prowess to give it up altogether. What a business like Amazon teaches you above all is never to accept the status quo just for the sake of it.

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We are looking for a Head of HR to join a unique organisation in central London for 12 months.

FM / Construction Procurement Manager - Global FTSE 250

Dublin City Centre

EUR75000 - EUR85000 per annum + bonus + flexi working

FM & Construction Procurement Manager - Global FTSE 250 FMCG - 85,000 EURO + package Location: Berkshire (flexible working available)

Procurement Manager - Production and Special Projects

GBP55000 - GBP60000 per annum + + Package

Procurement Officer - Global Mega City

GBP50000 - GBP60000 per annum +

Procurement Officer - Flagship Mega Project in Saudi Arabia - Raw Materials and Direct Procurement - Riyadh - 15-20,000 SAR per month + benefits - ARA

FM Procurement Manager - Global FTSE 250 FMCG

GBP75000 - GBP80000 per annum + bonus + flexi working

FM Procurement Manager - Global FTSE 250 FMCG - £80,000 + package Location: Berkshire (flexible working available)

Recruitment Partner - Technology / Digital

£45000 - £55000 per annum + bonus, benefits package & hybrid working

We are looking for you to be a great team-player who enjoys working with others to achieve exceptional team results.

Procurement & Supply Chain - Management Consultants

GBP70000 - GBP90000 per annum + bonus + excellent package

Procurement & Supply Chain - Management Consultants - Multiple Opportunities Rapidly Growing Management Consultancy London + Flexibility + Some Travel £70,000 - 90,000 (depending on experience)

Director of Finance and Operations

£77,500 - £85,000

We are looking for a strategic inspiring leader with substantial experience in delivering financial and operational leadership.

Global Hard FM Procurement Manager

GBP70000 - GBP80000 per annum + bonus + excellent package

Global Hard FM Procurement Manager - Global FMCG - London - £70,000 - £80,000 + Package

Senior Facilities (FM) Procurement Manager

GBP75000 - GBP85000 per annum + Package, Rapid Progression

Senior Facilities (FM) Procurement Manager - Global Property Giant - London - £75,000 - £85,000 + Package

Generating over $600 million in annual revenue, this dynamic food and beverage organization are undergoing progressive internal transformation - buil

Head of Innovation and Partnerships (Health)

£50520 - £51468 Per Annum

Head of Innovation and Partnerships (Health) We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Innovation and Partnerships to drive innovation to support the work in integrated health and care delivery, and progress opportunities to build new partners

Taxation Accountant

Sandy, Bedfordshire (Hybrid)

£42,768.00 - £52,124.00 per annum

This role will become the charity's internal tax expert, providing advice on all taxes that affect the organisation and its entities.

Head of Business Development

£49584 - £50520 Per Annum

We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Business Development to deliver the charity’s ambitious business development goals.

Finance Manager (maternity cover, 15 months)

E2 9DA, London (Greater)

£50 - £60k depending on experience

ISEAL Alliance

ISEAL is looking for an experienced and motivated 15-month maternity cover for the position of Finance Manager. The role encompasses all responsibi...

Director of Talent & Learning

Essex (Hybrid)

C£90,000 basic salary plus Excellent Benefits

Essex (Hybrid: 2/3 days per week Essex with travel/WFH) Our client is a multi-site, fast paced service organisation with strong values. The busines...

Global Indirect Procurement Specialist

GBP50000 - GBP60000 per annum + Excellent Bonus, Rapid Progression

Global Indirect Procurement Specialist - World-Leading Professional Services Organisation - London + Flex. - £50,000 - £60,000 + Excellent Package

Head of People and Organisational Development

Location: Bridgwater College Academy

Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 per annum

Bridgwater & Taunton College

Bridgwater and Taunton College Trust is seeking to recruit an outstanding colleague to the position of Head of People and Organisational Development.

Head Of Procurement

St Helena Island, South Atlantic

£75k pa (Salary of £60k pa, plus International Supplement)

St Helena Government

Enjoying unique lifestyle opportunities, St Helena Island is a self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom.

Contract Manager

£60k pa (Salary of £45k pa, plus International Supplement)

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR | Corporate Reputation, Brands

£75,000 - £80,000

This global communications agency is seeking a proven corporate and business media strategist, with solid editorial relationships and deep expertis...

Associate Director / Senior Associate Director – Energy & Sustainability

London (Central)

Depending on experience

Premier Resourcing UK

Associate Director / Senior Associate Director – Energy & Sustainability GV5409 Exciting London agency looking to recruit someone with publ...

Director (Financial PR - Tech, Natural Resources, Financial Services )

Up to £150'000 + benefits

Brook Street

Director (Financial PR - Tech, Natural Resources, Financial Services ). Leading Corporate & Financial PR Agency. Competitive Salary.

Procurement Manager - Strategic TV Production

GBP60000 - GBP65000 per annum + + Package

Head of People, Organisational Development and the Workplace

Hybrid Working with Head Office at Euston, London NW1 1BS

Circa £80,000 pa plus excellent benefits

Origin Housing

Origin Housing are now seeking an exceptional individual to join them as their new Head of People, Organisational Development and the Workplace.

Senior Procurement Manager - Indirects - Global Law Firm - Leeds & Hybrid working - £70-75k + package This globally recognised law firm, renowned for

Strategic Sourcing Manager - International TV Production

Senior media relations manager.

Senior Media Relations Manager Seeking a new in-house challenge leading a team to create and deliver media relations strategies for a global profes

Interim Resourcing Advisor

Your new role You will be joining this multinational market leading brand as they prepare to launch an exciting new project across the UK.

Senior Manager - Pay & Reward

Hybrid flexible working with office locations nationally

£55000 - £65000 per annum + generous benefits

My highly respected national Charity client has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Pay and Reward specialist to join their organisation.

Senior HR Advisor

Bournemouth, England

£20.58 - £28.64 per hour

Seeking an experienced HR Advisor / Senior ER Advisor to join a large organisation managing a complex case load of ER 3-6 months +

Programme Manager

£55k per year

Implement key organisational change initiatives which are critical to the achievement of the Charity's strategic aims and objectives.

Director of People & Operations

Hybrid working. Largely home-based, some in-person expected. Some flexibility for hot-desk locations

Are you an ambitious, innovative, and values-led leader who could form a key part of this charity's Senior Leadership Team?

Account Director

£400 - £450 per day

Head of Finance

£52,404 - £62,573

We are looking for a Head of Finance to lead on the development and implementation of financial strategy, financial planning and budgeting

Head of P2P Outsourcing (BPO)

EUR100000.00 - EUR120000.00 per annum +

This international FinTech organization provides technology and consulting services to its clients around the world including the implementation of customized Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Source-to-Contract (S2C) solutions that digitize and simplify purchasin

Indirect Marketing Procurement Manager / Best-in-Class

Indirect Marketing Procurement Manager / FMCG / Nationally Loved Brand / London / £60,000 - £70,000 + Benefits inc. Bonus

Resourcing and Data Analytics Manager

£65000.00 - £80000.00 per annum

Resourcing and Data Analytics Manager, Leading FTSE 250 Firm, London, Hybrid, Permanent, 65K - 80K

Head of HR/HR Director

Abingdon, England

£75000.00 - £100000.00 per annum

We are looking for a Head of HR/HRD with M&A experience to join our life science client in Oxfordshire.

Category Manager

Senior Procurement Category Manager- Global FMCG London Based- £60-70K + Package

Flagship project - Procurement Buyer - Tech

GBP60000 - GBP80000 per annum +

Procurement Buyer- (IT, Hardware, Software) (Multiple Roles) - Working with a leading Global Procurement Consultancy on a Flagship Project in Saudi

Leading Saudi Arabian Utilities company - Major construction project Role: Buyer Salary: 25-30,000 SAR Location: Riyadh This Leading Procurement & S

Interim Benefits Manager EMEA

£300.00 - £600.00 per day

Interim Benefits Manager EMEA - Financial services - London Hybrid Competitive day rate - inside scope of IR35 Interim Benefits job Interim Benefits Specialist Interim Benefits Consultant

Interim HR Talent Partner / HR Business Partner

Procurement category manager - indirects.

Global Procurement CPS Lead - £multibillion FMCG Major - LONDON / WFH - £70-77k + Car and other package details Global FMCG brand is seeking a bright

Global Procurement Category Manager - Professional Services

Title: Procurement Category Manager - Professional Services and Business IntelligenceCompany: Global FTSE 100 Financial Services FirmLocation: WFH - L

Interim HP BP - Technology

£427.00 - £518.00 per day

Interim HR BP to support a Tech population - 9-12 months + - London Hybrid up to £518 per day inside scope Interim HR Business Partner job Immediate start

Regional HR BP - 12 M FTC

£65000.00 - £70000.00 per annum

Interim Regional HR BP - 12 month FTC - Facilities Management - London - c£65,000 - £70,000 plus car allowance Interim HR BP - 12 month FTC - Facilities Management - London - c£65,000 - £70,000 plus car allowance Interim Human Resources Business Partn

Interim Reward Manager

£400.00 - £500.00 per day

Interim Reward Manager - Global Law Firm - London/Remote - up to £500 per day inside scope Interim Reward Manager - Global Law Firm - London/Remote - up to £500 per day inside scope

Procurement Consultant

GBP60000 - GBP65000 per annum +

Procurement Consultant - Forbes Top 100 Procurement and Supply Chain Consultancy Specialist-£65K+ Exciting Benefits- Prestigious Central London Office Location Procurement Consultant Forbes Top 100 Procurement and Supply Chain Consultancy Speciali

Talent Acquisition Partner - Technology

An international Investment Management Firm

Procurement - Managing Consultant

GBP40000 - GBP60000 per annum + package

Procurement - Managing Consultant - Global FTSE 100 Professional Services Firm - London - £40 - 60k + Excellent Benefits Package

Global Procurement Consultant (multiple roles)

GBP30000 - GBP60000 per annum + package

Global Procurement Consultant (multiple roles) - Management Consultancy - London - £30,000 - £60,000 + Excellent Package + Personalised Career Plan + State of the Art Offices

Global Junior Procurement Consultant

Global Junior Procurement Consultant - GNFR- International FMCG Firm - London - £40,000 - £60,000 - Excellent Package - Fast Track Career Progression

Strategic Sourcing Manager, IT & Technology

EUR60000 - EUR90000 per annum + bonus + benefits

Strategic Sourcing Manager, IT & Technology - Global FTSE 100 FMCG Player - Dublin- £50,000 - €90,000 + Bonus & Benefits

Procurement Category Manager, HR & Professional Services

Procurement Category Manager, HR & Professional Services - Iconic Brand - Dublin with Flexible Working - €90,000 + Benefits

IT Procurement Team Lead

EUR60000 - EUR80000 per annum + package

IT Procurement Team Lead - Global FTSE 100 Conglomerate - Amsterdam - €80,000 + Package

Software Technology Procurement Manager

EUR55000 - EUR90000 per annum + bonus + benefits

Software Technology Procurement Manager - Strategic Growth Initiative - £25bn+ Professional Services Giant - DUBLIN

Reward Manager - Analytics

Bonus, car cash allowance, hybrid

The Reward Manager (Analytics) role requires a professional with a broad and detailed working knowledge of compensation processes with the expertise to implement change using complex reward analytics.

Reward Analyst

Bonus, hybrid, negotiable

The scope of this role is to support the Reward Director in the delivery of group wide annual pay and performance review, share plans across the organisation, the provisions for pension arrangements and the employee benefits offering across the Group.

Procurement Consultant - Forbes Top 100 Procurement and Supply Chain Consultancy Specialist-£65K+ Exciting Benefits- Prestigious Central London Office Location Senior Procurement Consultant Forbes Top 100 Procurement and Supply Chain Consultancy S

Part home/part office (London) based

£90,000 per annum

The UK Committee for UNICEF

This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as the Director of Communications.

Non-Executive Directors

£4,800 p.a.

Raven Housing Trust

We’re looking for two people to join our Board...

In House Media Relations Manager Role at Top Law Firm

Exceptional In House Media Relations Manager wanted for top tier global Law Firm!   Salary: £70k DOE - our client will flex for the right candidate

Head of Foundation Partnerships

£60,000 per annum

This is a great time to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as we have ambitious plans over the next five years.

Bradford, West Yorkshire

Bradford Council

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council – Head of Procurement Bradford is an extraordinary city. Vibrant and diverse, it’s a place of opport...

£50000.00 - £60000.00 per annum + full range of benefits

Trainer, to £60k pa, permanent, hybrid with Bristol/Birmingham/Bracknell or Guildford office. Finance sector, leading, long standing and award winning company.

HR Consultant - TMO Change Project

Cheltenham, England

£350.00 - £400.00 per day + WFH/remote working

HR Consultant - Target Operating Model change project, up to £400 per day, remote working, interim asap. FTSE 100 multi-national engineering organisation which has its headquarters in Cheltenham.

Principal Commercial Manager

Canary Wharf, London (Greater)

£51,810 - £59,405 pa

Exciting opportunity for a proven senior commercial professional, with extensive experience of delivering end to end procurement activity.

Senior Procurement Manager - Professional Services

GBP60000 - GBP75000 per annum +

Senior Procurement Manager - Professional Services - Multinational Communications Firm - £80-90K + Bonus - London based (hybrid model working) One of

Procurement Category Manager - Professional Services & HR

GBP60000 - GBP75000 per annum + Benefits

Blue chip FMCG firm seeks a strong Professional Services sourcing expert to join its world-class procurement function.

Procurement Category Manager

GBP55000 - GBP65000 per annum + + Car & Benefits

Iconic FMCG brand seeks a high-achieving procurement expert to join the ranks and drive a crucial spend category towards best-in-class.

Belper, England

A Permanent HR Manager Job in Belper, Derby Paying up to £60,000 + 10% Bonus Depending on Experience

Deputy Development Director

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

£45,000, - £50,000, depending on experience.

This is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic & motivated professional to develop their fundraising skills in one of the most friendliest Cambridge.

Senior Procurement Consultant

Senior Procurement Consultant - Forbes Top 100 Procurement and Supply Chain Consultancy Specialist-£65K+ Exciting Benefits- Prestigious Central London Office Location Senior Procurement Consultant Forbes Top 100 Procurement and Supply Chain Consult

Head of Communications and Engagement

Gatwick, West Sussex

Circa £70,000 per annum + excellent benefits, including flexible working and 33 days annual leave +

KENT SURREY SUSSEX AHSN LTD

KSS AHSN is seeking to appoint a dynamic Head of Communications and Engagement to join their team!

Head of People Support Services

West Midlands Region

£70,086 - £73,333

West Midlands Fire Service

Head of People Support Services West Midlands Fire Service £70,086 - £73,333 Who we are West Midlands Fire Service is an ambitious and progressive ...

Strategic Partnerships Director - Remote

Up to £80,000 per annum + benefits

Micro:bit Educational Foundation

Partnership is a key value of the Micro:bit Educational Foundation and has been central to our success from the very start of the organisation, hel...

Procurement Administrator / Riyadh

GBP15000 - GBP22000 per month + living allowances

Procurement Officer Arabic Speaking - supporting a Flagship Mega Project in Saudi Arabia - Renewable Energy & Sustainable Technologies - Riyadh - 15,0

Procurement Consultant opportunity, Saudi Arabia

Expat Procurement Consultant opportunity - Flagship Mega Project in Saudi Arabia - Renewable Energy & Sustainable Technologies - Saudi Arabia - £60-75

Mid/Senior Backend Developer

£50000 - £110000 per annum

I am working with a UK mobile app, website and branding agency looking for an engineer to join their team.Skillset:Expertise in NodeJS and Javascript,

Deputy Head of Knowledge and Evidence

Cardiff (Caerdydd)

£58,611 - £63,522

Natural Resources Wales

Role Purpose   As a member of the core Leadership Team of Natural Resources Wales (NRW), you will fulfil a key strategic role, alongside your funct...

Buyer CAPEX OPEX - GAB

GBP5000 - GBP6000 per month + Benefits

Buyer - Capex / Opex Procurement Consultant - Global Consulting firm working on site with a Waste Management organisation - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 25-

Senior PR Manager (UK and Australia)

£65000 - £72000 per annum + Bonus

Senior PR Manager (UK & Australia)Up to £72,000 + annual bonus We are proud to be a partner for one of the world's leading dating brands in their sear

Head of Finance & Operations

£50k - 58k per year

Harris Hill is recruiting for a Head of Finance & Operations for this Children's Charity based in London (Hybrid)

Head of Programme - Diversity & FIR

£60,000 - £70,000

Recruitment Revolution

We are seeking an experienced leader to help us drive change in the construction and engineering industry.

Senior Outsourcing Consultant - Global Consultancy

GBP65000 - GBP75000 per annum + Package

Role: Senior Technology Outsourcing Consultant Firm: Global Consultancy Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 Location: London / Hybrid Working Contact: Tabitha -

Senior Indirect Procurement Manager / Best-in-Class

Senior Indirect Procurement Manager / Best-in-Class Professional Services Organisation / Rapid Career Progression / London / Flexible Working / £57,000 - £67,000 + Benefits inc. Bonus

Global Procurement Consultant - Manager Grade

GBP80000.00 - GBP100000.00 per annum + Car Allowance, Bonus

Global Procurement Consultant - Manager Grade - Industry-Leading Procurement Consultancy - London + Hybrid Working - £80,000 - £100,000 + Excellent Bonus Scheme + Car Allowance If you are a Senior Procurement Consultant at either a 'Big 4' or a Bo

Procurement Consulting Opportunities / Leading UK firm

Business director.

£75000 - £90000 per annum

Job Title - Business Director The Role / Company A fashion and entertainment agency are looking for a Business Director to work on a US fashion brand!

Director of Fundraising

£80k - 85k per year

Harris Hill are thrilled to be partnering with a much-loved British veterans charity to recruit their new Director of Fundraising.

Supply Chain Coordinator

GBP200.00 - GBP400.00 per day +

Supply Chain Co-Ordinator - Global FMCG - London + Flexible Working - £400/day (flexible dependent on experience) - Initial 6-month contract Market-leading consumer goods company, responsible for some of the most recognizable brands on supermarket

Head of HR Part Time

£80000.00 - £100000.00 per annum

Head of HR in Wealth Management & Financial Planning, based in Mayfair Part Time - 3 Days a week

Interim Reward Manager - Global Law Firm - London/Remote - up to £500 per day inside scope

Interim HR Project Manager - Remote UK

£500.00 - £600.00 per day

Interim HR Project Manager job- 6 month duration - Remote working in the UK - £400-£600 per day outside of scope HR Program Manager job / HR BP job

Global Procurement Lead - Supply Chain

GBP75000 - GBP80000 per annum + Benefits

Iconic brand seeks a high-achieving procurement expert to join the ranks and drive a crucial spend category towards best-in-class.

Indirect Procurement Director - Procurement Consultancy

GBP100000.00 - GBP110000.00 per annum + Excellent Bonus

One of the largest specialist procurement consultancies in the UK is looking to bring on a Director level procurement professional with a strong track record across both delivery and sales within a management consultancy environment.

Interim Regional HR BP- 12 month FTC - Facilities Management - London - c£65,000 - £70,000 plus car allowance

Associate Director of Resourcing

Gloucestershire, England

£257.00 - £292.00 per day

In this strategic post you will be a key member of the senior People & OD leadership team and you'll be implementing effective resourcing strategies that support the workforce transformation plans for the organisation and enable the recruitment, supply an

Senior Recruitment Manager

£75000.00 - £85000.00 per annum

Partnering with NASDAQ listed business to deliver expert support to their global talent acquisition function.

Head of Operations

London, E1, with scope for flexible working

£45,000 - £50,000 per annum

SPAB (The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings)

Could you bring senior level support for financial management and operational resilience, enabling us to fulfil our charitable purpose effectively?

Head of TA - Europe

£75000.00 - £90000.00 per annum

Head of TA - Europe, International Recruitment Agency, 75K - 90K, Hybrid, Permanent.

Head of HR in Wealth Management & Financial Planning, based in Mayfair

Communications Lead

NEW Communications Lead position with the TNFD.

Director of Development

Murray Edwards College, Cambridge

Murray Edwards now seeks to appoint a new Director of Development

MG2-3 £52,225 - £68,532 per annum depending on location

Avanti Schools Trust

This is an exciting opportunity to join Avanti in a forward-thinking, dynamic and strategic role to drive our ambitions about our people and culture.

Assistant Director - Education and Equalities

London Fields, London (They promote a flexible, hybrid way of working)

This is an exciting opportunity to join the charity as an Assistant Director to lead their highly skilled and passionate Education and Equalities team

Chief People Officer

London (Central), London (Greater) - Agile/Hybrid - Homeworking,

£97-£100k FTE plus 6% contributory pension. 27 days plus bank holidays

Anna Freud Centre

Within this role, you will have an opportunity to create and shape the new role of Chief People Officer within the Centre.

Managing Director - Leading Consumer Lifestyle PR Firm - London

Based in the heart of central London

Up to £130'000 + benefits, bonus and E MI Share Option Scheme

Are you an entrepreneurial M.D or highly experienced Director looking for more creative control at a top Consumer Lifestyle PR Firm? If so, read on!

Performance Marketing Manager

London, City of London

£50000 - £70000 per annum

Performance Marketing Manager - Financial Services - London£50,000 - £70,000I am excited to be working with a Global Financial Services business that

Talent Acquisition Manager

Talent Acquisition Manager - Central Oxford - Hybrid - Up to £55,000

Resourcing advisor

£24.09 - £26.83 per hour + Hybrid working

Full-time Resourcing Advisor - £24.09 - £26.83 This is a great opportunity to join a non-profit organisation within the education sector as a Resourcing Advisor. Hybrid working available.

Buckinghamshire

£50k per year

Harris Hill is recruiting for a Permanent Head of Finance for this well-established charity based in Buckinghamshire -Only 1 day a week in the office

£65000.00 - £75000 per annum

Head of Production

Up to £90k plus benefits

​This full-stack consultancy and communications company is looking for a Head of Production

HR Business Partner/Associate HR Business Partner

Portsmouth, Hampshire

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University of Portsmouth

The University of Portsmouth are looking for talented and ambitious people to join our HR Partnering Team.

Associate Director – B2B technology and sustainability

£75000 - £80000 per annum

Consider yourself a tech savvy individual? Are you looking to move into an industry defining agency? Are you fascinated by all thing’s sustainability, healthcare, and...

Director of Corporate Communications - FTSE 100 - 6 month FTC

Windsor, Berkshire

£80,000-£120,000

Fantastic 6 month FTC for a Corporate Communications Director to joing a FTSE 100 business in the Travel/Hospitality sector.

Senior Tech Recruitment Partner

£60000.00 - £65000.00 per annum

An international strategy consulting firm for more than 50 years

£80,000 - £85,000

The Great & The Good

London-based network agency seeks entrepreneurial Business Director to play a key role in their future growth.

Internal Communications Manager

Up to £60000.00 per annum

We are looking for an Interim Internal Communications Manager to join a scientific organisation with a clinical purpose, aiming to set the standard for the future of pathology.

Strategy Director - Consumer creative clients

£65k-£90k (London) or £60k-£80k (Scotland)

NEW Strategy Director position with hugely creative and established communications agency.

Resourcing Projects Lead

£45648.00 - £57056.00 per annum

Permanent Opportunity - Resourcing Projects Lead

£50000 - £53000 per annum

We have an urgent requirement for a passionate EDI lead to join a London based NHS Trust as their EDI Manager for the next 3 to 6 months.

Head of Government Relations and Public Affairs

£60000 - £61000 per annum + pension, flexible working, life assurance

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Head of Government Relations and Public Affairs Location: Maidenhead, with Hybrid Working Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time Benefits: Circa £60,000 with substantial benefits package

Head of Resourcing

£58708.00 - £76198.00 per annum

Permanent Post - Head of Resourcing

Board Director/Deputy MD

c£150,000 plus comprehensive benefits

The Foundry - Original

A mid-sized consultancy, part of a larger privately owned group, is looking for a successor or deputy to the CEO

Senior Copywriter/ HoC - FTC Mat Cover

£65000 - £70000 per annum

Senior Writer - FTC Maternity Cover Our client, an award-winning Creative Agency, are on the lookout for their next Senior Copywriter to join their t

Nottingham, England

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced HRBP who is a strong generalist but also has led on EDI and well-being initiatives and policies.

Head of Adult & Child Bereavement Services

Sydenham, London (Greater)

£57,954 per annum (being the full time equivalent)

St Christopher's Hospice

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate, enthusiastic, dedicated and experienced leader to head up our Adult and Child Bereavement Services.

Growth Director - Digital Agency - London

£110,000 - £120,000 per annum + bonus & benefits

Growth Director, Digital Agency, London with min 8 years experience within new business role

Creative Director (marketing partnerships)

£75000 - £90000 per annum + Bonus & Bens

Are you a Creative Director or ACD with Marketing partnerships experience ready to step up? RoleI am looking for a strong ideas person who can develo

Director of Finance and Operations | Bliss

London, UK (hybrid working available)

circa £65,000, depending on experience

4 or 5 days per week / permanent Come and make a real difference to the lives of babies born premature or sick by joining Bliss as our next Directo...

HEAD OF PR | Global Creative Agency

A fantastic opportunity to effectively launch a new inhouse PR division within this high profile, high talent London based creative agency. You wil...

Up to £100k dependent on experience

Are you a Client Services Director with fantastic integrated experience? We want to hear from top talent for this thriving agency.

Executive Director for Wales

Salary: £71,500

Every life lost to suicide is a tragedy, and Samaritans' vision is that fewer people die by suicide. That's why we work tirelessly to reach more pe...

Global HR Director

Cardiff, Wales

International Baccalaureate

Responsible for the design and delivery of the entire suite of HR deliverables across all IB offices, the Global HR Director is the top-most HR professional at the IB who will provide strategic HR advice to the executive team, and who will champion strate

eCommerce Manager - Luxury Sustainable Sneaker Brand

£80,000 - £100,000 depending on experience + Bonus Incentives

We’re fairly ‘new kids’ to the block but we are experiencing crazy growth and looking for someone to be part of this incredible journey.

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Central London

£ highly competitive package dependent on experience

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Director of Growth and New Business

Up to £75000.00 per annum + £50,000 commission

Director of Growth and New Business for design agency

Creative Director / Head of Creative

London (Central), London (Greater) / Hybrid Working

£125k + excellent benefits

We are looking for a modern day Creative Director / Head of Creative who gets retail, shopper, digital and commerce. A huge opportunity to lead!

Corporate and Public Affairs Associate Director

Corporate/ Public Affairs Associate Director role @ top tier central London strategic communications agency My client, a top tier corporate commun

Director of New Business - USA

New York (US)

$120 - $150k basic salary, with bonus / commission and benefits

We are looking for a Director of New Business / New Business Director, someone who has eligibility to work in the USA. Role based in NYC, remote work.

Business Director / Growth Strategy Director

Up to £90k, plus bonus + benefits

Business Director / Growth Strategy Director who has a real specialism in content and influencer marketing. A chance to build something your way!

Production Director - Interior Design Business

We are looking for a Production Director to work within an interior design business. A rare but highly attractive opportunity for the right person!

Associate Director - Brand Strategy

£65-80k plus benefits

Rare Selection

We are working on two exceptional briefs for experienced brand strategy consultants to join a renowned consultancy at a key point in its evolution.

Music for Youth

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Beyond PowerPoint: Jeff Bezos's Narrative Revolution in Business Communication

Why amazon's ceo banned powerpoint and what we can learn from his approach.

Introduction: A Tale of Transformation

58% of people admit falling asleep during a business slideshow presentation. 😱

Enter Jeff Bezos, Amazon's CEO, who decided to change the game. He banned PowerPoint presentations from executive meetings and replaced them with narrative-driven memos. This decision was not just a whim; it was a calculated move to enhance communication, foster understanding, and encourage meaningful debate.

Let's explore why Bezos made this choice and what we can learn from it.

The Ban on PowerPoint: A Bold Move

The decision: Bezos's ban on PowerPoint was a statement against superficiality and confusion in communication. He believed that PowerPoint allowed presenters to hide behind slides, glossing over essential issues.

The Reason Behind the Ban: The problem wasn't the visuals; it was the lack of narrative structure. Bezos wanted a well-structured narrative text, not just a list of bullet points. He understood that a narrative document forces the author to refine reasoning and focus on what's most important.

The Six-Page Memo: A New Era of Communication

Introduction of Memos: Bezos introduced six-page narrative memos to be read silently at the beginning of meetings. This format required clear, concise writing and deep thinking about the subject.

Structured Thinking: The memos led to enhanced understanding and encouraged more meaningful discussions. It prevented superficial coverage and ensured that everyone was on the same page.

The Impact on Communication: Lessons to Learn

Enhanced Understanding: The memos led to a profound understanding of complex issues, fostering more meaningful debates.

Avoiding Superficiality: By focusing on narrative structure, Bezos's approach avoids the pitfalls of PowerPoint, where ideas can be obscured and the hierarchy of importance is flattened.

What is a narrative structure for a business presentation, you ask?

You can use the HEROS framework:

1️⃣ Hook: Raise interest by introducing your point as a question. "We have analyzed why……"

2️⃣ Environment: Give your audience context. "In the past/Until now……"

3️⃣ Raise tension: Highlight a turning point. "BUT lately……"

4️⃣ Opinion/Option: State your point. "That's why we suggest……"

5️⃣ Success: Give a vision of success. "Then, we will be able to……"

The Power of Interactive and Progressive Disclosure

Avoid Death by PowerPoint:

Visual aids enhance understanding, but dense static slideshows have a habit of putting us to sleep. Infinite bullet-point lists and data-heavy charts presented all at once make information more difficult to process and remember. They overwhelm audiences and provide not enough dopamine boost to stay awake. A study proved that it takes only 6 minutes to totally stop listening during a presentation.

Progressive Disclosure:

This technique consists of starting with as little information on the slide as possible (often even an empty slide) and progressively adding information to it using animations.

It is useful to lower the cognitive load of processing information on bullet points, but also on graphs and charts, while retaining the look of the final document when everything is disclosed. Try showing only the context data and then using animation to reveal the relevant striking news to the audience! Enjoy the surprised look on your audience's face!

Interactivity and Rich Media:

Another possibility is to also include video and audio, offering higher levels of engagement and retention.

Conclusion: The Future of Presentations - A Vision

The need for effective communication is not going away, but we must look for next-generation tools that are:

Narrative-driven: Allowing us to tell stories that make information more memorable.

Interactive: Giving opportunities to play an active role in consuming information.

Rich media: Offering the chance to process information on multiple cognitive levels.

Trackable: Helping us learn from audience experiences using quantitative methods.

The Bezos approach to communication is not just a trend; it's a revolution. It's time for us to embrace this new era and transform our presentations into engaging, insightful, and effective tools for business success.

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So, Why Did Jeff Bezos Ban Powerpoint From His Meetings?

By Sean Filidis

If you’re looking to build good business habits, it’s usually a good idea to model yourself after some of the most successful people in the world.

Smart business people, then, took heed in 2018 when Jeff Bezos reiterated his unilateral ban on slideshow presentations in executive meetings. Instead, the richest man in the world (or second richest, depending on when you’re reading) advocates for narrative-driven memos, “with real sentences, topic sentences, verbs, and nouns”.

And, let’s be real, it’s not hard to see why. While adding a visual element to speeches is a good idea, information-laden slideshows have a habit of putting us all to sleep. There’s a reason we call it death by PowerPoint — the average meeting with a slideshow in it lasts four hours . 

And research suggests it takes only six minutes for us to switch off during such a presentation. Over 58% of respondents to a questionnaire by York-based presentation specialists Future Presents admitted to falling asleep during a business slideshow presentation. And that’s just the ones that owned up to it.

Slideshow presentations are irritating to create, mostly boring to watch and — worst of all — they don’t work. So why do we keep using them for presentations ? 

And more importantly, why do we increasingly see companies sharing slideshows, originally designed to supplement a talk, as marketing collateral to download and peruse without context? 

Unfortunately, most of our choices at work are driven more by convention than by research or reason. 

Let’s unpick the failure of the slideshow format and discuss what the future of presentations might look like. 

Slideshows perform worse than simply talking about your topic

Jeff Bezos’ preference for narrative-driven briefing sessions is borne out by the research. A 2017 Harvard study found that audiences rated Powerpoint presentations comparably to a presenter with no visual stimuli. It also found no evidence to suggest that slideshows helped audiences understand or retain the information any better than an unaccompanied speaker. 

What’s interesting to note is that audiences looked much more favourably on non-linear, narrative presentation formats — in this case, Prezi — than both traditional presentations and speaker-only presentations. This gives us some insight into the kinds of formats that prove much more effective than standard slideshows.

Cognitive psychology tells us bullet points don’t work

The problem with slideshows does not lie in using visuals to supplement your story. On the contrary, visuals are known to help your audience both understand and retain information .

As it turns out, the problem largely lies in the bullet point . 

The bullet point is a mainstay of slideshow presentations around the world. Much to audiences’ irritation, they’re commonly misused, overused, and abused in slideshows. For the writer, they seem like a sensible way to break down lists of information. But for the reader, they make information more difficult to process and to remember. 

Recent research from the University of Central Lancashire shows that cognitive load constraints mean that bullet points often overwhelm audiences with too much information at once. Moreover, it suggests that the brain is much better at grouping things in proximity than it is by shape. 

That means that placing objects together, even when they’re supposed to be made distinct by little dots, means that we will mostly remember them as one item. 

So, when General Mattis of the U.S. Marine Corps famously said , “Powerpoint makes us stupid,” he was right on the money.

Rich media and interactivity are key to information processing

Anyone that’s played a computer game can tell you just how much difference interactivity makes in the way we consume content. And the research confirms just how much more engaging interactive content is than static content. 

This study out of Penn State University does a great job of exploring how higher levels of interactivity enhance our ability to recall information. It turns out we process information faster and retain it better when we consume it through an interactive medium.

Even when interactivity isn’t a realistic expectation of your content , rich media incorporating video and audio can offer much higher levels of both engagement and retention. That’s because the brain can share the cognitive load of processing information across multiple cortexes. 

Bullet stuffed slideshows, conversely, force your audience to process ideas through just the language part of their brains, leading to rapid cognitive overload. That’s why we call it death by PowerPoint — our brains fill up quickly with information and then shut down.

Slideshows don’t bring you data

Today, you see many companies using slideshows as marketing or sales collateral , either converted to a PDF and downloaded, or perhaps online as a slideshare.

But a much-overlooked criticism of slideshows is that they are a one-way medium. In the age of big data, when real user feedback should be at the heart of business decision-making, this is a significant cap on the advantages of traditional presentations. 

That’s not to say it’s impossible to get quality feedback from a slideshow; just that it’s much more difficult and that feedback is often never as decisive as digital indicators.

With the importance of actionable data in mind, it’s easy to see why interactive digital tools have such an advantage. Users in control of their own content experiences bring you better insight into what resonates and persuades. 

Even tools as simple as click maps and scroll depth can give you more insight than a unidirectional conversation with your audience. At Foleon, we’re strong advocates of the power of data to transform business results.

So what does the future of presentations look like?

The need for us to communicate complex information isn’t going away any time soon. But as business turns away from traditional solutions like Powerpoint and Google Slides, the failures of these mediums help us determine the qualities to look for in next-generation communications tools. They need to be:

Narrative-driven - allow us to tell stories that make complex information more memorable

Interactive - give us opportunities to play an active role in consuming information

Rich media - offer the chance to process information on multiple cognitive levels

Trackable - help us learn from audience experiences using quantitative methods

But that’s not all. The content we use has to fit the writer’s needs, too. It should hit business goals whilst remaining scalable, efficient, and flexible.

What do sales agents have to say about content?

To help us reimagine what the future of presentations might look like, we thought we’d ask the people that use them the most — sales teams. The feedback we got was pretty enlightening, giving us insight into the needs of executives on the front-lines of key communications challenges.

They helped us understand how presentations play out in real sales situations:

“You’re not creating the content experience or immersive journey that you think you are. And you’re wasting a lot of time making a proposal when prospects will only use one page in their evaluation.”

And underscored the importance of the content experience in the sales pipeline:

“As a sales rep myself, I would be interested in understanding how to make my proposals more engaging because sometimes it’s the proposal that makes all the difference.” 

Most importantly, they clued us into a common bottleneck that keeps salespeople from adapting to specific prospect needs:

“Sales reps are not generally empowered to create bespoke content, whether it's boring PPT or Doc and certainly not digital content.”

Building the next generation of communications tools

It’s clear that the slideshow presentation has had its day. So how do you build content experiences that engage audiences in narrative-driven, interactive conversations with user decision-making at the centre? 

Everything we’ve learned so far suggests that content is most effective when the audience is in the driver’s seat — your reader knows what they need to know and when. It’s the publisher’s job to make sure the right information is easy to find and fun to consume. 

At Foleon, we often say that while we create the content, ultimately, the customer owns their journey. Creating content that users can interact with and navigate represents the next stage in the evolution of content.

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"Some have the clarity of angels singing," Bezos wrote of the memos in a letter to employees, according to WSJ. "They are brilliant and thoughtful and set up the meeting for high-quality discussion."

Employees sometimes spend weeks drafting the memos that are then subject to further review, the outlet reported at the time.

A 2004 email from Jeff Bezos explains why PowerPoint presentations aren't allowed at Amazon

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is not a fan of PowerPoint presentations.

Anytime an Amazon worker has an idea to discuss, they're asked to structure their pitch in the form of a four-to-six-page memo, which the company calls a "narrative."

They then take their pitches to team meetings, where the first 20 minutes or so are spent reading the memo. After, the presenter fields questions from the rest of the team.

It's an unconventional process, to be sure, but one that Amazon believes forces careful consideration of ideas.

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In an email sent to his senior team — also known as the STeam — in 2004, Bezos explained why Amazon would no longer be using PowerPoint presentations.

Pete Abilla, an early Amazon employee and current director of digital, content, and demand generation at HireVue , shared Bezos' email in a recent post on his employer's blog.

The email was sent to the STeam on June 9, 2004, at 6:02 p.m. and had the subject line "No powerpoint presentations from now on at steam."

A little more to help with the reason "why." Well structured, narrative text is what we're after rather than just text. If someone builds a list of bullet points in word, that would be just as bad as powerpoint. The reason writing a 4 page memo is harder than "writing" a 20 page powerpoint is because the narrative structure of a good memo forces better thought and better understanding of what's more important than what, and how things are related. Powerpoint-style presentations somehow give permission to gloss over ideas, flatten out any sense of relative importance, and ignore the innerconnectedness of ideas.

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T here are many reasons Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world right now. Perhaps one reason is that he doesn’t entertain slideshow-based presentations from his colleagues.

Jeff Bezos  loves to write. A lot. In his annual letter to shareholders,  Jeff Bezos  does more than provide an overview of Amazon ’s performance; he helps shareholders understand what makes  Amazon  different.  Jeff Bezos  always does one other thing: He attaches a copy of the first annual shareholder letter he wrote in 1997 to reinforce his commitment that  Amazon  will always operate with a mindset that it is still day one.

In a more recent shareholder letter,  Jeff Bezos  demonstrated his understanding of how to use language to advance his personal beliefs, educate others and command an audience.

Jeff Bezos  is not a fan of PowerPoint presentations. One of his golden rule is that PowerPoint is banned in executive meetings. What he replaced it with provides even more valuable insight for entrepreneurs and leaders.

Anytime an  Amazon  worker has an idea to discuss, they’re asked to structure their pitch in the form of a four-to-six-page memo, which the company calls a “narrative.”

It’s an unconventional process, to be sure, but one that  Amazon  believes forces careful consideration of ideas.

Everyday Is Day One

In an email sent to his senior team — also known as the STeam — in 2004,  Jeff Bezos  explained why  Amazon  would no longer be using PowerPoint presentations.

The email was sent to the STeam on June 9, 2004, at 6:02 p.m. and had the subject line “No powerpoint presentations from now on at steam.”

We don’t do PowerPoint (or any other slide-oriented) presentations at Amazon. Instead, we write narratively structured six-page memos. – Jeff Bezos Click To Tweet

Pete Abilla, an early  Amazon  employee and current director of digital, content, and demand generation at HireVue , shared Bezos’ email in a recent post on his employer’s blog.

A little more to help with the reason “why.”

Well structured, narrative text is what we’re after rather than just text. If someone builds a list of bullet points in word, that would be just as bad as powerpoint.

The reason writing a 4 page memo is harder than “writing” a 20 page powerpoint is because the narrative structure of a good memo forces better thought and better understanding of what’s more important than what, and how things are related.

Powerpoint-style presentations somehow give permission to gloss over ideas, flatten out any sense of relative importance, and ignore the interconnectedness of ideas.

It seemed that PowerPoint encouraged bullet points and therefore short and often disjointed ideas. Perhaps it was fitting that a brand so associated with the selling of books was encouraging a more humanities based approach to business idea formation just at the time when digital processes were in the ascent.

According to  Jeff Bezos , new executives are in for a culture shock in their first  Amazon  meetings. Instead of reading bullet points on a PowerPoint slide, everyone sits silently for about 30 minutes to read a “six-page memo that’s narratively structured with real sentences, topic sentences, verbs, and nouns.”

This is to be sure that everyone actually has an understanding of the topic before discussion begins and in his words to ensure that executives don’t “bluff through it like high school students.”

After everyone’s done reading, they finally discuss the topic.

Jeff Bezos doesn’t use PowerPoint or bullet point lists because writing a narrative forces you to explicitly state all of your assumptions and complete your thoughts . That’s exactly why writing a good six-page memo is harder than creating a 20-slide PowerPoint deck as the narrative structure of a good memo forces better thought and better understanding of scope.

The Secret Sauce

Unlike most companies where people come to meetings to review PowerPoint slides, Amazon doesn’t use PowerPoint. Ever. Instead,  Amazon  requires everyone, regardless of their title, to begin meetings by reading every word in six-page memos.

It's so much better than the typical PowerPoint presentation for so many reasons. – Jeff Bezos Click To Tweet

What makes the memos interesting is that they have writing on both sides of the paper so, in essence, 12 pages are being read. Most of the six-page memos also contain an internal press release at the beginning of the memo to provide a high-level understanding of the product or service being proposed and discussed.

Amazon  is focused like a laser on customers. Instead of starting with an idea for a product and trying to convince executives that customers will “love the idea,”  Amazon  works from the perspective of the customer to come up with ideas that will legitimately generate value.

Case Study : Amazon Prime

Prime was created because it was understood within Amazon that customers wanted to buy quality products for less money , and customers wanted to receive products as fast as possible .

Prime appeared to be a solution that would meet both customer needs.

An internal press release was written centered around the existing problem (high costs, slow deliveries), why current solutions had failed to correct the problem, and how the new product (Prime) would blow away all existing solutions .

rule of thumb If it’s hard to write a press release or understand why a product or service would add value to customers, the product or service isn’t worth the effort. Move on.

Six-pagers present and answer in excruciating detail the who, what, when, where and why of a product or service.

For example, a six-pager written about Prime would focus more on the requirements of the supply chain and logistics to meet demand, identify which products are Prime eligible, internal systems requirements, budget, value to the customer, etc.

The real value of the six-pager is this: It forces otherwise busy and distracted executives to give their utmost attention and opinion to decide on something.

• Six-pagers prevent hiding.
• Six-pagers separate the vital few ideas and products from the trivial many.
• Six-pagers identify where a company should place its focus and why.
• Six-pagers enforce discipline and rigor in decision-making.
• Six-pagers are an excellent management tool.

The press release and the six-page memo work because they identify the products and services most relevant for generating value to customers, and they accelerate execution of the strategy by increasing the speed at which decisions are made.

How To Write Memos Like a Pro?

PowerPoint and bullet points in general allow you to conveniently leave out tough questions that you haven’t worked out yet. By writing out a full narrative, you force yourself to think through how everything actually fits together and where the real challenges will be.

It’s a way to keep yourself honest and to make sure that all of your ideas actually fit together into some kind of coherent story. You will be surprised how much you haven’t actually thought of yet until you try to write a few pages on it.

Here are just a few ways you can get started:

You know that list of ideas you keep in Evernote or scribbled on a paper somewhere… how do you know which ideas are worth actually pursuing?

Take the time to write 2–3 pages to really flesh it out. What’s the value you are creating, for who, how will you reach them, how are you different from the competition.

If you are a blogger or writer and are regularly creating content, take the time to write a paragraph or two that tells the story of your post.

Rather than just keeping a list of potential titles and trying to write a full post from there, take the time to flesh out how it will flow and how the ideas actually fit together.

Rather than a to-do list, try writing out a narrative of all of the things you want to get done in a day and how you will go about doing them.

Try writing a page about each of your goals rather than just having a list.

Ditching the bullet points here will force you to think more about the motivations behind your goals and what it will actually take to achieve them.

Made To Stick

Humans are driven to emotive engagement with people – and with businesses and ideas. Not only is this view passionately supported by  Jeff Bezos  himself, neuroscientists believe it’s true too.

rule of thumb Neuroscientists have found emotion is the fastest path to the brain. In other words, if you want your ideas to spread, story is the single best vehicle we have to transfer that idea to another person.

Bezos clearly understands that logic (data) must be married with pathos (narrative) to be successful. Click To Tweet

We know the effectiveness of content marketing when it comes to audience engagement, so it makes sense that narrative based information is the most engaging no matter in what context it’s presented.

Our brains are hardwired for narrative. By encouraging employees to discuss ideas emotionally and creatively through a narrative format,  Jeff Bezos  has prioritised passion as a key element in the formation of business ideas at Amazon.

Bullet Points Are Not Silver Bullets

Bullet points are the least effective way of sharing ideas. Bullets don’t inspire. Stories do.

The brain is not built to retain information that’s structured as bullet points on a slide. Visuals are much, much more powerful than text alone.

That’s why, if you choose to use slides, use more pictures than words, and don’t use bullet points. Ever.

If you want to create visually interesting slides, less is more. Click To Tweet

If viewers do not understand the gist of your slide in three seconds, it’s too complicated. Your audience should focus intently on what you’re saying, looking only briefly at your slides when you display them. A bullet point might become one sentence on a slide or be replaced entirely with a photo.

Stories inform, illuminate, and inspire, all the things entrepreneurs strive to do. 

How To Write A Press Release For Dummies

The memo strategy is a two-pronged solution to eliminating wastefulness.

First, no one is spending oodles of hours designing 100+ page PowerPoint decks. They could be using that time for more important things, like improving the product line, or writing an incredible 6-page memo.

The second immediate benefit of the No-PowerPoint-Policy is that there is no time wasted in sitting through yawner presentations.

in-joke Apparently someone once wrote an obscure rule that all PowerPoints and slide deck presentations must be delivered in such a style that it puts the audience in a coma!

In the same way, the No PowerPoint Policy improves meeting attendance because the team wants to be in on the lively discussion. They have an opportunity to be engaged in decision-making rather than be talked at.

Final Thoughts

If other companies were to adopt the approach, it’s clear that  Jeff Bezos ’s narrative vision wouldn’t  hold much hope for employees with dyslexia or other reading and comprehension related disabilities.

However, business owners should think more about the exercise  Jeff Bezos  follows, where employees can get more actively involved, and clarify aspects of the memo’s content verbally.

By removing PowerPoint,  Jeff Bezos  is letting employees act creatively and engage naturally with material. For too long, company meetings have followed a bullet point blueprint that doesn’t foster employee engagement.

Nevertheless, should companies introduce the internal press release and the six-page memo into its culture and way of doing business? Absolutely.

The No PowerPoint Rule certainly makes a strong cultural statement. That strong culture is what the best companies are about . . .  relational capital.

Amazon  is  Amazon  because it has perfected the use of both techniques.

It’s now time for other companies to make the same realisation.

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How to make PowerPoint Presentation using Jeff Bezos’ top 5 ideologies.

Jeff Bezos is one of the world’s wealthiest men. Former CEO, currently Executive Chairman of Amazon, one of the world’s most successful firms. It’s no exaggeration to suggest that without Bezos, Amazon would not have accomplished the extraordinary transition from a garage-based bookseller to a multibillion-dollar technological corporation.

Today, I will show you how to replicate his ideologies for your PowerPoint Presentation.

5 Ideologies of Jeff Bezos

       1. problems can be solved through thought.

Bezos was one of the first people to believe in the potential of innovation. He used to spend his summers on his grandfather’s tiny ranch in Texas, where they would mend anything that required fixing, including large undertakings like rebuilding an old tractor. His grandfather experienced the cutting edge of technology when he lost a thumb in a car accident and had to have it replaced with a skin graft. It’s a story that Bezos continues to tell to this day.

See your PowerPoint as a problem-solving opportunity. Understand the problem you can mitigate and present your deck.

The customer/ audience is always right, for now

Bezos’ bottom line is the client, shaped by his experience transitioning from banking to hand-packing books on his hands and knees.

Tom Alberg , a former Amazon director, says Bezos was “born with a customer gene,” adding that “he really wants to make a difference in the world, and in his mind, it translated into gratifying consumers.” And if you make money, you’ll be able to do more.”

In practice, Natalie Berg , a retail analyst, describes how this obsession works like a “flywheel,” with a “relentless focus on customers” attracting more customers to the site, which in turn attracts more sellers, who in turn attract a greater selection for customers, enhancing the customer experience”.

Now, how do you use the customer-first approach in the presentation?

Understand the audience before preparing your PowerPoint Presentation design . Your tone of the presentation and the way it is presented should resonate with their interests.

You’ll never be guilty for your attempts

A healthy attitude toward regret goes hand-in-hand with having no fear of failure. During an interview with Mathias Döpfner , the CEO of publishing house Axel Springer, Bezos laid out his case.

“When you think about the things you’ll regret when you’re 80, the things you didn’t do almost always come to mind. It’s a case of omission. You will rarely regret something you did that failed, didn’t work, or whatever.”

So, squeeze out your creative power and come up with innovative ideas to make the presentation unique. Do rehearsals to understand how it will go.

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While Bezos’ biographer Brad Stone claims that the Amazon CEO isn’t a democrat when it comes to having the last say in the boardroom, he does expect an open discussion. Amazon, according to John Rossman, was unlike any other company in this regard. “Most other organizations don’t engage in active debate; people keep their true positions hidden. They don’t lead with customer obsession, data, or respect for the decision-maker, and when a decision is made, they’re usually passive-aggressive if they don’t agree with it and thus don’t fully buy into making the decision successful.”

Whether your presentation is going to be a business idea pitch or anything else, ultimately it is supposed to persuade the audience to arrive at a decision. Build a connection with them to influence their final decision..

Be competitive

Bezos’ work is marked by a “strong competitiveness.” Brad Stone cites the birth of Alexa at a period when Apple already had Siri and Google had a strong voice recognition capability. “By all indications, Amazon did not deserve to be first in this category… Jeff was essentially Alexa’s project manager, and in the blink of an eye, the Alexa division got 10,000 or more people working on it because he didn’t want Amazon’s competitors to gain ground.”

What do you understand from this? Be competitive. Though you are the only person delivering the presentation, strive to be the best version of yourself and your company. Be your own competitor. Analyze your previous performances and improve.

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Jeff bezos banned powerpoint presentations at amazon meetings. here's what replaced them.

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What are some tools I can use to better run my meetings? originally appeared on Quora : the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world .

Answer by Robert Glazer , Founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners, on Quora :

A few months back, a friend whose new boss used to work for   Jeff Bezos at Amazon   told me that the company actually banned   PowerPoint presentations   in favor of memos.

That's right, instead of reading bullet points on a projector screen,   Amazon employees   read memos setting the tone of the meeting before anyone actually starts talking. I hadn't heard about this technique before, and was a bit skeptical of its legitimacy.

It sounds crazy, right?

But I was open to giving it a try at my company because it's hard to run a really good meeting. And if getting everyone literally on the same page improved meeting productivity, why not give it a shot?

I began by rolling out the memos at a few of our bigger meetings in the hopes of addressing the major time sink of starting every meeting with a lot of updates. Over the years, I've really tried to move away from update meetings, but they're necessary to some extent: It's important to keep everyone in the loop as the company grows. Nevertheless, going through a series of updates without any meaningful dialog or discussion is both boring and a poor use of everyone's time.

To my surprise, just a few months into this experiment, memos have caught on and been universally embraced across our company, by both those who write them and those who read them.

As we have extended the use of memos out across the organization, the advantages have become increasingly clear. Here are the top five benefits we have seen so far:

• Efficiency . While we don't necessarily make everyone read the memos in the meeting (which is what Bezos does), we do require everyone to read them before the meeting begins. We've found the memos give people a chance to get up to speed on a topic in advance, meaning we can hit the ground running. That saves valuable time.
• Better questions and discussions.   Since everyone now starts with the same information and has time to process it, questions are a lot deeper and more thought-provoking, which makes the discussion more robust. People who have had time to think issues through arrive ready to make their points.
• A more level playing field.   Too often, the same people in a company get all the attention. They're the ones who speak loudest or make the prettiest slides. Using memos gives all participants a chance to be heard and to share their thinking clearly, which makes it more likely that the best ideas and thinking will surface.
• Strategic thinking.   To write a memo, team members need to take the time articulate a point of view that is supported by facts. While a PowerPoint slide can list facts and figures, a memo requires deep thinking and a narrative, and writers have to really make their case. This is a great practice and a lost art in today's fast-paced digital world.
• A historical record of ideas and decisions.   If anyone misses a meeting, the memo is available to provide background and context. These memos also serve as a record of the reasoning behind decisions over time. You can save memos, make them searchable, add them to learning management system, use them for training, and more.

While you won't likely be getting business advice with your Prime subscription anytime soon, it looks as if Amazon, the company that rewrote the book on retail, is now doing the same thing for management.

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has given invaluable tips on steering and nurturing a company. Drawing from his extensive experience, Bezos outlined strategies that have propelled Amazon to the forefront of global commerce.

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• Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has given invaluable tips on how to run a company
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According to Andy Jassy, who is currently the CEO of Amazon, Bezos had an innate ability to inspire teams to think expansively. In a 2017 interview with Four Peaks TV, Jassy recounted how Bezos encouraged teams to think beyond initial ideas, encouraging a culture of innovation and forward-thinking within the company.

"Big things start small. The biggest oak starts from an acorn," remarked Bezos in 2017, highlighting the importance of laying strong foundations for growth.

Bezos started a culture of high expectations throughout Amazon, setting exceptionally high standards that pushed employees to excel. This ethos, as explained by Jassy, permeated the organisation, even in Bezos' absence from meetings.

A key principle advocated by Bezos was to be "strategically patient and tactically impatient," prioritising speed without compromising long-term vision. This approach allowed Amazon to navigate challenges while staying focused on its overarching goals.

Bezos changed Amazon's meeting culture by implementing a "two-pizza rule" and only allowing some participants that two pizzas could comfortably feed, Business Insider reported. This, he believes, will enhance productivity and collaboration. Rejecting conventional presentations, Bezos favoured detailed memos that provided context and structure for discussions.

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NEW YORK & LONDON & HONG KONG, May 09, 2024 --( BUSINESS WIRE )--Enfusion, Inc. ("Enfusion") (NYSE: ENFN), a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for investment managers, has posted its first quarter 2024 financial results as part of its 1Q 2024 Shareholder Letter which can be viewed by navigating to the Financials section of its Investor Relations website at http://ir.enfusion.com .

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Management will host a conference call today, May 9, 2024, at 8:30 am ET to discuss the results.

To pre-register for the live teleconference of the first quarter earnings call, please use this link . To access this call, dial (888) 596-4144. The conference ID number is 9652536.

The earnings conference call will also be webcast live. Due to high call volumes, we urge interested parties to join the live webcast of the event through Enfusion’s website at https://ir.enfusion.com/events-and-presentations/events/default.aspx .

About Enfusion

Enfusion's investment management software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform removes traditional information boundaries, uniting front-, middle- and back-office teams on one system. Through its software, analytics, and middle/back-office managed services, Enfusion creates enterprise-wide cultures of real-time, data-driven intelligence and collaboration boosting agility and powering growth. Enfusion partners with over 850 investment managers from 9 global offices spanning four continents.

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