We need to kill the bloated 100 slide 'Frankendeck'

"The 100-page slide deck, which I call the 'Frankendeck', is a bloated, decentralized collection of charts, bullet points, and appendices emailed to the C-suite 48 hours before a critical meeting."

"When middle managers or startup founders present to a high-level buying committee or a board of directors, they are terrified of being asked a question they cannot answer."

"The deck ceases to be a tool for driving a decision. Instead, it becomes a defensive shield for the team and burdensome for leadership."

"Our research shows over the past decade, executives' review time for decks has remained stable at 3-4 hours, but the number of slides has increased 40%."

The 'Frankendeck' is a bloated slide deck filled with excessive data, created out of anxiety by presenters fearing criticism. This approach burdens leadership teams and transforms the deck into a defensive tool rather than a decision-making aid. Despite executives spending the same amount of time reviewing decks, the number of slides has increased by 40% over the past decade. This cognitive overload impairs decision-making, as more information does not equate to better outcomes.

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