Daybreak — Amazon's legendary memo-writing culture is on its last leg

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Amazon's legendary memo-writing culture is on its last leg

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For decades, every Amazon meeting began in silence with employees reading six-page memos that shaped the company’s biggest innovations like Prime and Alexa. Jeff Bezos banned PowerPoint in 2004 to build a culture of truth-seeking through crisp writing and messy discussions. Now, that tradition faces disruption as…

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