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If this is over email, I always start with the "ask" first and then follow up with the most important information: "I'd like your approval to move the validati
by insickness 3y ago
If this is over email, I always start with the "ask" first and then follow up with the most important information:
"I'd like your approval to move the validation job to a new server. It will only take one hour but will save Dave many hours a week cleaning up the jobs." Then go on to explain the details.
Nobody wants to read a long email to understand what it is you want them to do. 9 times out of 10, they'll provide the ask and only read the details if they need to.
- tslmy 3y ago+1. Author here. Would you do the same over verbal communications and over presentations?
- CalChris 3y agoDeductive or BLUF - bottom line up front. Maybe this issue is obvious and so the only thing the reader needs to read is the first line. Deductive saves them time. Deductive also gives the reader something to think about while reading the rest of the argument. The alternative is inductive which gives evidence and then concludes with a conclusion. You're torturing your reader by dragging them several paragraphs into the deep. I usually write inductive as that is the way I think and then refactor into deductive as that is the best way to persuade. (I note that I wrote this inductively.)
- 121789 3y agoI think your way is very normal (I do the same). Inductive matches how humans really tell stories but isn’t the right tool for an e-mail to execs