Narrative Memo (Six-Pager)

A narrative memo, often a 'six-pager,' is Amazon's replacement for PowerPoint. Meetings open with everyone reading the written document in silence, then discussing it. Prose forces the author to connect their reasoning in full sentences, exposing gaps that bullet points hide.

Jeff Bezos banned slide decks in senior meetings for exactly this reason: bullets let a presenter gloss over weak logic, while a narrative has to hold together as an argument.

The PR/FAQ is a specialized narrative memo aimed at product decisions specifically.

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