Definition:
PowerPoint Overhead refers to the time and effort spent transforming actual work or progress into PowerPoint presentations.
Explanation:
Often colleagues or stakeholders only appreciate information in the form of PowerPoint slides and then only in the summary form, and even worse, they may not fully review or value them.
This phrase is a somewhat cynical acknowledgment of the “lost” productivity in creating visually appealing slides rather than focusing on substantive tasks themselves. This phenomenon can be measured by tracking how many hours are devoted to drafting, reviewing, and polishing slides that, in many cases, receive minimal attention or appreciation.
Disclaimer: As always these posts are not aimed at anyone client or employer and are just my personal observations over a lifetime of dealing with both management and frontline associates.