I think the document culture does really force clarity in ideas. I think the lament on slides is often conflated with poorly crafted slides though. Well crafte

I think the document culture does really force clarity in ideas. I think the lament on slides is often conflated with poorly crafted slides though. Well crafted slides force a similar degree of clarity when approached with the same level of intention. The problem is that most people are poor presenters, and presenting is a learned skill. Documents gone bad encourage people to write more words than necessary which, when used for simple tasks, result in large amounts of time wasted preparing something that no one reads. I think one downside of a document culture is it leaves less room for selling an idea- which may be less important in the decision to light up a new business unit, but put at a disadvantage work that is primarily visual in form.