Pyramid Principle, The
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The Pyramid Principle is the international best-seller on how to think creatively, reason lucidly and produce crisp, clear, compelling business writing.
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Barbara Minto holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Her course reflects insights drawn from more than 30 years of conducting courses worldwide at major consulting firms and corporations. The phrase Take this and make it Minto is common in many of these organizations and the Minto Pyramid Principle is considered the lingua franca' for serious-minded professionals, especially those who want to be listened to and earnestly wish to advance their careers.
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Preface
Intro to Part I - The Minto Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing
PART 1 THE PYRAMID PRINCIPLE: LOGIC IN WRITING
- 1. Why a pyramid structure
- 2. The substructures within the pyramid
- 3. How to build a pyramid structure
- 4. Fine points of introductions
- 5. Deduction and induction: the difference
- 6. How to highlight the structure
Intro to Part 2 - The Minto Pyramid Principle: Logic in Thinking
PART 2 THE PYRAMID PRINCIPLE: LOGIC IN THINKING
- 7. Questioning the order of a grouping
- 8. Questioning the problem-solving process
- 9. Questioning the summary statement
- 10. Putting it into readable words
Appendix: Problem Solving in Structureless Situations