Email writing skills: BLUF

Most emails are low-context slop fests where you have no idea what steps you're supposed to take next. What if we turned to the military to find ways to improve this?

Hopefully you're not spending Thanksgiving polishing up on email writing skills, but let's be honest about one thing. If I had to make a list of "things vaguely related to work that I am thankful for," you know what wouldn't make that list? The email writing skills of most people, which are squarely in the toilet.

EMail is essentially a travesty at this …