[dx034]

Yes, a lot gets lost in an email vs. video. I'm not saying it has to be a live meeting, but videos of execs talking about strategy often make their ideas much clearer than a written text.

And live has the big advantage that it cannot be re-recorded, so it's more natural and not as rehearsed as a recorded video.

[vasco]

If a strategy is clearer orally than on paper, something is very wrong. Either you're getting bamboozled by charisma and a bad plan is getting a fake dress up OR they don't know how to write.

[johannes1234321]

It's not about the abstract strategy. It is also about trust. Are they presenting it in a way I trust they believe it? Is it just show?

[hnlmorg]

…or some people just prefer visual interactions to text only formats.

This is very true in my case because I’m dyslexic so I ingest context more easily when heard vs when read.

For other people, it might just be a personal preference. Just like you have the personal preference to read rather than watch.

Arguing that the GP has some major character flaw because of their own personal preference really says more about your own character than it does theirs.

[spicycode]

I'm not opposed to video, but if stuff gets lost in the written version that's more a statement on poor exec written communication skills than video being better than text.

People ingest info differently, and being able to communicate the same info in multiple ways should be table stakes at that level.

[krageon]

The video just gives execs more leverage to use the skills they use every day (people skills) to overwhelm the skills you use every day (charitably either the same skills or some sort of knowledge or physical skill). The more they're comfortable, the worse off you are. Their entire position within the company hinges on being able to exploit you for as much as you're willing to let them get away with, which hinges upon how well they're able to convince you you're worth less than they are (after all, you earn less).

Giving them anything is the wrong move. If you think you are getting as much out of the video as they are getting out of you watching them speak, you are wrong. The degree of wrong depends on your affinity with their chosen craft (which is, to be clear, grifting you).