A hill I will die on: The phrase "TL;DR" is anti-intellectual and not a valuable part of Internet culture to invite into professional spaces. Try "Executive summary" or "Summary"; these produce value and don't discourage the creation of it by suggesting that folks write less.
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"Oh no I ask colleagues for that." Start asking for a summary, a précis, the elevator pitch version, a tweet-sized version, etc etc.
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You have at least one convert; I agree and have reduced usage of this phrase to zero these past few days
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Isn’t it the responsibility of the communicator to optimize for the constraints of the receiver (e.g time, attention)? Adapting the communication to the audience, for best throughout and comprehension? This seems to oppose this.
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Agree on the point that length isn’t the only thing that matters, many other ways to make more easily consumable :)
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While TL;DR is not an elegant way to say it, this repackaging exercise is essential. I’ve worked with a lot of people at all levels who don’t understand how to distill their work into key conclusions, forcing me to do the work they should’ve done.
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@patio11 What's the Executive:Summary for↑this?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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At Microsoft we used to teach “precision questioning” which was basically “how to survive being brutally questioned by VPs who think their time is more important than yours”
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Thankfully that stopped about ten years ago. And Satya buried it further with https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-satya-nadella-nonviolent-communication-2018-10 …
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My attention actually *is* valuable, as I am sure yours is. I would like to be able to quickly determine if your work product is relevant to me—if it is, I will go back for details. Summarizing long emails is respectful to your coworkers.
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