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Years ago, Jeff Bezos started an interesting practice at Amazon. Before meeting to discuss a new product or idea, Bezos would arrange for an executive to write a narratively structured six-page memo.

It may seem as if a memo – which is short for 'memorandum' – is a document you can dash off quickly without giving it too much thought. But while memos are by nature brief (no more than two pages), ...

Each team is required to sketch a brief procedural memo as a way of planning your work and preventing as much procedural conflict as possible. I will keep a copy of the procedural memos in case ...