03 / FIELD NOTES
What I did at each stage.
A monthly record of knowledge-base work, departmental changes, and company-wide AI transformation.
2026-07
A structured knowledge base
Established a subject structure, entry points, and initial maintenance principles.
Bring conversations into context
Began organizing communication records alongside working materials.
Extract reusable knowledge
Defined how conclusions become reviewed, reusable knowledge.
Prepare for continuity
Added explanatory material so the knowledge base can be understood beyond one conversation.
Connect work and outcomes
Created an outcome record and made structured knowledge part of organizing new material.
Clarify metric definitions
Began recording metric scope and conflicting definitions together.
2026-08
Organize meeting knowledge
Established clearer conventions for meeting records and their context.
Require traceable sources
Formalized source attribution and verification requirements.
Review the knowledge base
Completed an initial health review of structure, naming, and records.
From personal knowledge to department work
Established departmental progress records and a proposal for easier progress review.
Make quality rules explicit
Strengthened fact checking and checks against established standards.
Make progress visible
A departmental progress board became available for review.
Connect originals and usable knowledge
Made text extraction from common working documents part of regular knowledge organization.
2026-09
Share the transformation experience
Prepared a presentation connecting personal practice, management changes, and broader transformation.
Distinguish current and historical material
Refined navigation and separation of active material from historical reference.
Turn mistakes into learning
Created a fact-based review record to preserve lessons from important mistakes.
Improve knowledge navigation
Expanded directory indexes to connect knowledge documents and their subject structure.
Reorganize around useful subjects
Consolidated research and product material around clearer reading paths.
Make the work public
The first website presented a public overview of the work and its progress.
2026-10
Keep knowledge independent of tools
Organized instructions and knowledge for continuity across AI tools.
Prepare the internal transformation talk
Adapted the transformation material for an internal launch discussion.
Begin company-wide expansion
The internal launch brought departmental experience into a wider company transformation effort.
Write work for handover
Prepared a recurring-report work instruction and supporting handover materials.
Make recurring work easier to continue
Organized reporting requirements, supporting material, and handover records so colleagues can continue the work.
Unify meeting archives
Consolidated meeting materials while preserving originals and subject references.
Prepare cases, thoughts, and a timeline for the website
Organized practice cases and meeting-based reflections into separate pages, with a timeline linking the main milestones.