That’s much easier said if you work for a startup.
But if you work for either a large organization or a company that’s been around for decades, you influencing that kind of change (across departments you don’t own) is virtually impossible unless you’re the CEO. And even then, extremely difficult.
If a company as big as Amazon can pull off mandating writing standards so can yours. I understand that many companies just don't care. They tend to be run by steward CEOs and mercenary managers. I simply avoid them.
Bezos pulled it off by starting that practice from immediate onset of founding his company (hence my startup comment).
It’s not like 20-years into Amazon, he then decide to implement that practice.
Also, people misconstrue Amazon as being an async culture.
That’s incorrect.
Amazon is actually an anti-PowerPoint culture. So when meetings need to happen, you need to convey your info in long form writing since PPT isn’t allowed. That doesn’t mean the culture is async.
I did not say it was async, I said they were expected to write well. I don't think it matters when the practice is introduced. If the CEO mandates it that is all it takes.
But if you work for either a large organization or a company that’s been around for decades, you influencing that kind of change (across departments you don’t own) is virtually impossible unless you’re the CEO. And even then, extremely difficult.