Just before Christmas, I wrote about how I don’t offer up the traditional memo any longer. I have great respect for the memo that Warren Buffett offered up to managers within Berkshire Hathaway, which proved that there is still a place in business for a well written memo from the top.
Memos have lost their place in the business place for the most part. I’ll send a broadcast email, which is just another name for a memo I guess. I think when social media started compiling the worst / meanest memos of the year is when I officially stopped using the Microsoft Office template for memos…