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Insight
Business Stories Begin With Words, Not Slide Decks
“Stories don't begin on slides. Stories begin with the words that we're going to speak or the words that are going to be on the page or some combination of the two. Slides should be used to support a story only when necessary. They should not be the story.”
Matthew Dicks Dec 15, 2025 ▶ 1:02:53 Matthew Dicks – Storytelling Mastery (EP.477)
Disclosure
Jacobs: Companies ban PowerPoints in favor of interactive discussions
“We don't do PowerPoints at meetings as a general rule. We do discussions at meetings, interactive, lively discussions.”
Brad Jacobs Feb 12, 2024 ▶ 47:52 Brad Jacobs – Masterclass on Leadership and Management (EP.368)
Insight
Parrish: Six-page memos are far more effective than PowerPoints for decision-making
“When you think about what would be more effective for making decisions in a meeting or getting input into people's heads, it would clearly be the Amazon approach of doing these six-page memos.”
Shane Parrish Nov 16, 2020 ▶ 39:02 Shane Parrish – Learning to Learn at Farnam Street (Capital Allocators, EP.164)
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