Thoughts While Reading a Business Report

• "That's too vague."
• "That's too specific."
• "And then what?"
• "Ah, a loophole which you can drive a truck through."
• "This deadline doesn't match the one given two pages back."
• "And then what?"
• "I know what they meant but that's not what they said."
• "And then what?"
• "Where did that number come from?"
• "There's no way they will meet that target."
• "What is the reward?"
• "What is the penalty?"
• "I can predict the excuses on this one."
• "It would be nice to have a paragraph for each section describing, in plain language and with examples, just what the section really means."