Answer First With SCQ
Structure a short recommendation using Situation, Complication, Question, Answer, and grouped supporting reasons.
The move: make the conclusion findable and the support testable. Minto's Pyramid Principle is not a writing trick. It is a reasoning discipline. If your ideas do not ladder up to one answer, the memo is asking the reader to do your structuring work. SCQ gives you a clean opening: what is stable, what changed, what question now matters, and what answer you recommend. Situation Name the context the reader already accepts. Complication Name the change, risk, or tension that creates the need to think. Question Turn the tension into a decision or diagnostic question. Answer Lead with the answer,…
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