《pyramidprinciple》读书笔记

abstract

Use the introduction to tell the reader your key points within 30 seconds of reading

first a summary and then the reasoning

means that the document first introduces a summary statement and then the reasoning behind it

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the book summaries

A top-down pyramid structure

bottom-up approach

a summary of the ideas grouped below it

ideas in any grouping must be logically similar and share the same level of abstraction

basic rules

group similar ideas together and then summarize each group with one statement.

1- Build your pyramid

like tell a story

use deduction to derive conclusions from chains of premises

2- Justifying statements

If a statement in your pyramid cannot be supported with deduction then a more creative form of reasoning must be used: induction.

Induction means drawing a conclusion from a set of ideas that are similar in some way; e.g. “Reasons for…” or “Parts of…”

use induction to derive conclusions from groups of similar items

3- Justifying statements

e.gExamine things:--Examine factory efficiency.--Examine customer satisfaction.Increase training:--Increase factory staff training.--Increase sales training.

Increase sales by 5% in the next quarter:--Examine customer satisfaction.--Increase sales training.Cut production costs by 2% in the next quarter:--Examine factory efficiency.--Increase factory staff training.

Structure recommendations around the effect they are meant to cause

pyramid principle