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The 'two-pizza rule' is a guideline that Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, uses to manage the size of meetings. According to this rule, if two pizzas aren't enough to feed everyone in the meeting, then there are too many people in the meeting. The idea behind this rule is to keep meetings small and manageable, ensuring that everyone has a chance to contribute to the discussion.
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In 2018, the Amazon CEO shared some insights into the company culture around meetings. For starters, he uses a "two-pizza rule" to keep meetings small. If two pizzas won't feed the room, there are too many people at the meeting. Bezos also requires all meetings to provide a six-page memo that everyone reads together in silence at the beginning of each meeting before discussing the topic in depth. This is to provide a high-quality conversation where everyone has the same key details to work from, like a study hall.
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