A while back I realized that one of low key tensions in modern offices is between people who wanna collaborate through documents and people who wanna collaborate through conversation. If passive-aggression could draw blood, the carnage would be catastrophic.
I'm in the latter camp. I'm not gonna read your document until I understand *why* it's important and I'm *ready* to engage with it. Not only because I don't have time. It's difficult for me to focus on absorbing long form content unless I'm in the right headspace.
Don't ask me if I read it, because the answer is no. And there's no reason for us to start off on the wrong foot by forcing me to hurt your feelings by telling you the truth.
I do my best to keep this same empathy for people who hate long jabbering meetings when they'd rather just read the facts. I'm totally okay if you're that person who doesn't come to the meeting and then demands meeting notes be produced. It's rough out here. Do you.
I think you could see huge benefits from organizing teams around their preferred communication/learning style. There are other factors of course, and it's not clear what the downsides might be.
