The PowerPoint Trap: How Slides Became the Enemy of Clear Thinking

TL;DR: PowerPoint was meant to enhance communication, not replace thinking. Yet more leaders now default to slides over memos, creating unclarity that feeds bureaucracy and poor decision-making.

At the risk of dating myself, I remember when I was in the Air Force and we mostly communicated via memoranda. Fast forward to my first corporate job—starting in the brand and leadership schoolhouse …