In Defense of PowerPoint.
Also, perhaps some relates issues here -
US/UK Mental Models of Planning: The Relationship between Plan Detail and Plan Quality.
“UK planners appear to think of logic as an important, positive influence on plan quality,
… the US planners may not consider the concept of logic as an influence at all.”
“ In the case of action specification - the US planners think of the detailed specification of actions as a positive influence on plan quality,
… the UK planners think of it as a negative influence”.
“UK military histories may have lead to different potential to adopt an agile and adaptive mindset today. British military history reveals
a long-standing tradition for emphasizing adaptation.
In contrast, US Army culture currently still places too much value on process.”
“… the US and UK historically have developed mindsets that are more (the UK) and less (the US) ready to adopt …”
“The US uses PowerPoint to capture and brief plans whereas the UK tends to use Word documents. This makes for an important
difference in the work processes between the two nations.
… the US planners expressed strong opposition to using Word, and the UK planners expressed the opposite sentiment."