Genuinely added value. I was firmly in the "NO" camp when I got to AMZN. Writing was something that people who didn't understand hustle did. :) What I found, o

Genuinely added value. I was firmly in the "NO" camp when I got to AMZN. Writing was something that people who didn't understand hustle did. :) What I found, over time, was that the exercise of writing forces critical thinking. PowerPoint is corporate theater. Very easy to convince with your voice instead of facts, logic, data, and insight. There were certainly times where I felt that the doc process was used unnecessarily as a blunt cudgel, but for the big decisions, and the planning process, it was incredibly helpful. As I have transitioned to working with companies as an investor, advisor, and board member, I have continued to use the templated FAQ docs for driving decisions. I am starting to get my teams to use them for board meetings.