Where the Rubber Meets the Road

Docs: When 'It's In the Drive' Is a Lie


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Shared drives and doc folders are treated like magical archives: put something 'in the drive' and assume everyone can find and use it. Then nobody can. In a ten‑minute monologue Dr Disruptor performs a forensic audit of the 'put it in the drive' ritual—what it promises (centralized knowledge, reuse) versus what it usually delivers (stale versions, orphaned files, and a talent for plausible deniability). The Survivor supplies humane, immediately usable moves: three diagnostic signals your knowledge system is noise (search fails, no owner, historic-only edits), a triage flow to convert a garbage folder into a decision surface (Owner + Canonical Link, Archive + Rationale, or Build a One‑Pager), and three paste‑ready artifacts (canonical naming pattern, minimal doc template, and a friendly folder‑cleanup DM). Listeners leave with a two‑week 'Drive Reality' pilot plan and a CTA to visit the show site to download the 'Docs: Canonical & Findable' one‑pager with templates and search queries. May your coffee be stronger than your mission statement.
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Where the Rubber Meets the RoadBy Dr Eric Fishon aka Dr Disruptor