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Fix your typography in 5 minutes
The US State Department just switched from Calibri back to Times New Roman. Neither font is particularly good for reading on a screen. (Times is good for a newspaper, though.) But the bigger issue is this: font choice is only one small part of making documents readable. I see finance
Use the Minto Pyramid when you write reports
I've been writing finance reports for over 30 years. Most people do it wrong. They start with background. Build up slowly. Save the conclusion for page 47. There's a better approach. It's called the Minto Pyramid. It flips everything upside down: 1. Answer first.
Answer these 3 questions in your introduction
Every reader of your reports has the same three questions. * What's your point? * How do you know? * Why should I care? If your introduction doesn't signal you've got answers to all three questions, you've already lost your reader. Here's what
The AI revolution isn't your problem.
Accountants who can't write clearly won't survive the AI revolution. That's not hyperbole. It's what the data shows. MIT research found that AI tools improved writing speed by 40% for routine tasks. AI handles the mechanical stuff brilliantly. It drafts reports, summarises