Enemy Lurks in Briefings on Afghan War - PowerPoint - NYTimes.com

Northrop Grumman has a fascination with PowerPoint presentations.

There are published "Northrop Grumman" standards and practices on how a Northrop Grumman PowerPoint presentation is supposed to look like.

People's presentations are sometimes judged on how well it followed Northrop Grumman PowerPoint standards and practices instead of how factual or true the information in the presentation is/is not, or whether or not it made any sense.

See Enemy Lurks in Briefings on Afghan War - PowerPoint - NYTimes.com for an interesting take on the military and PowerPoint.

See what it says about "rigid lists of bullet points", something is promoted by the Northrop Grumman PowerPoint standards.

Also note what it says about how PowerPoint ". . . stifles discussion, critical thinking and thoughtful decision-making".

Interesting is the point about PowerPoint ". . . does come in handy when the goal is not imparting information, as in briefings for reporters".

Most amusing is the assertion that PowerPoint presentations ". . . last 25 minutes, with 5 minutes left at the end for questions from anyone still awake. Those types of PowerPoint presentations, Dr. Hammes said, are known as “hypnotizing chickens."

Do any of these things apply to the PowerPoint presentations at Northrop Grumman?

I don't know if Northrop Grumman is in better shape because of PowerPoint.

MORE on PowerPoint:

Death by PowerPoint

Gettysburg PowerPoint Presentation - What if Lincoln used PowerPoint?

What do you think?


Disclaimer: SORRY - This is only what I know from my point of view. No lies, just what I see as the truth.