Business Writing
Why Written Communication Matters
- Writing is Thinking - an annotated twitter thread
Steven explains how business writing can help companies move faster and communicate strategic choices better than verbal communication.
Business Writing Style Advice
- Writing in a Business Context
Jerry collected business writing insights from a variety of experts before compiling this cheatsheet for business writing.
- How to Improve Your Business Writing
Carolyn takes you through a set of principles, dos, and don'ts to help your business writing be as clear and effective as possible.
- A Founder's Guide to Writing Well
Dave provides advise on business writing style, including: 1. Use short, simple words. 2. Let your verbs do the work. 3. Eliminate a̶l̶l̶ unnecessary words. 4. Use simple verb tenses. 5. Avoid the passive tense.
Writing for Strategy and Decisions
- Writing Docs at Amazon
Scott combines how to write business documents for decision-making and how to present them in meetings, using anecdotes from meetings with Jeff Bezos.
- Land your strategy by writing great pre-reads
Brad explains why a 2-page document, a "pre-read", has led to better product strategy review meetings than a slide deck. He then provides a process for how to write them, and 9 detailed best practice tips.
- The Pyramid Principle
Ameet explains the three parts of McKinsey's pyramid principle for business writing: 1. Start with the answer first. 2. Group and summarize your supporting arguments. 3. Logically order your supporting ideas.