Writing Better Business Emails - The US Military's System
Channel: Daniel Rosehill
Date: 2022-02-15

Kabir Seghal wrote this excellent article for the Harvard Business Review (HBR) summarizing the US military's system for writing more effective internal emails - a system which can also find effective application in the civilian sector.

According to Seghal, the US military uses a keyword system for prefixing email subject lines providing recipients with a quick heads-up about what they "need to do" with the communication.

Following that, military professionals use bottom line up front (BLUF) -- a one paragraph summary quickly outlining the core of the email. Following that, detail is provided.

The system provides an excellent format for internal communication - particularly for anybody tasked, professionally, with communicating by email with very busy executives. 

The full article in the Harvard Business Review is here:

https://hbr.org/2016/11/how-to-write-email-with-military-precision#:~:text=Military%20professionals%20lead%20their%20emails,where%2C%20when%2C%20and%20why.

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By: Daniel Rosehill 

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