How to build a writing culture
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We have written a series of articles for building a writing culture. They can all be found here.
Building a Writing Culture
In writing about what I’ve learned about writing at Amazon, I’ve been thinking a lot about how you would go about building a writing culture at your own company. This is the first of a series of blogs I plan on writing, looking at how Amazon got started…
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Ready to stop wasting time & money?
Every year, companies waste $100 million in unproductive meetings. So why aren’t you starting meetings with a written document?
Tenets: the writing super-decider everyone needs
This is the third article in the “Building a Writing Culture” series. Do you ever feel like you are on a merry-go-round, discussing the same topic over and over again? It’s like the topic is glue and every discussion just sticks to it. Have you ever stopped to think
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Why are you writing?
Writing a document isn’t a quick fix, it takes time and effort to craft the right narrative to inform your reader. I also think that having a document take centre stage is a great way to make meetings work harder. But how do you know you are writing the right document?
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