Jeff Bezos

16/08/15 Inspiration # , ,

No bullets in Amazon

No bullets in Amazon

Couldn’t agree more with Amazon/Bezos creed:

Amazon doesn’t allow PowerPoint presentations as he (Bezos) believes bullet points don’t convey quality information.

Making a list of points or issues is actually often an excuse for NOT thinking about them properly – just a series of things to do like on a shopping list but not actually really any analysis or even much thinking.

As someone who spends a lot of time in unprepared and unprofitable meetings I also like the idea that the number of participants in a meeting shouldn’t exceed those who could be fed by two pizzas!

Read the full interview in the Daily Telegraph. 

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