Here’s how McKinsey's women’s networking group describes itself.
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This online tool challenges you to describe an idea using only the most common 1,000 words in English.
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Nigel’s letter thoroughly delighted her – and we can see why.
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But every summer we had a problem. The markets slept.
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Here’s how we think lean principles apply to writing.
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Wouldn’t it be great to get professional feedback on every document you write?
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Lord Denning, one of the most celebrated judges of the twentieth century, was renowned for his way with words.
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To write like a leader break out of the corporate language rut and ditch dead verbs.
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"That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge, and takes from him the least time"
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For writing that’s easy to read, make friends with the full stop.
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If you’ve ever taken a creative writing class, you’ll be familiar with the phrase “show, don’t tell”.
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We love this anecdote from The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill, compiled by Dominique Enright.
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Finally happy with that document you’ve been working on all morning? Great. Now go back and cut 20%.
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There are times when business writing demands more words, rather than fewer
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Use “people”, not “persons” (unless you really do want to sound like you’re arresting said “persons”).
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How do you communicate bad news?
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How do you balance communicating management views while trying to keep employees interested in your staff newsletter?
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So in our third post on readability, we thought we'd actually put some business writing to the "mum" test.
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Don’t say “following” when you mean “after”.
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Nouns. Verbs. Adjectives. Pronouns. Only grammar geeks need to care about them, right? Wrong.
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