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How does the silent reading method ensure that everyone is on the same page during a meeting?

The silent reading method ensures that everyone is on the same page during a meeting by allowing all attendees to read the proposal at the start of the meeting. This eliminates the need for pre-meeting work and ensures that everyone has the same understanding of the proposal. Additionally, since people can read faster than a presenter can speak, this method allows for a more extensive study of the proposal, leading to more in-depth discussions.

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Amazon uses silent reading to improve meeting effectiveness. The presenter has to write the proposal thoroughly in a standard format. The first part of the meeting is given to the silent reading of the proposal. This ensures that no meeting pre-work is needed and everyone is on the same page. Since attendees can read faster than a presenter can speak, the same time is used to study the idea more extensively. This leads to much more in-depth discussions.

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