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The "two-pizza rule" is a guideline used by Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, to keep meetings small and productive. The rule states that if two pizzas won't feed the entire meeting room, then there are too many people in the meeting. The idea is to ensure that the meeting is small enough to facilitate effective and efficient discussions.
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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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