Knowledge and decisions
Keep a shared outcome together with its question, alternatives, evidence and open points. Let previous work become an understandable starting point for the next task.
A workshop note can contain several ideas: a problem, assumption, proposal and decision. Mark the relevant part of the text and identify what it expresses. The original note retains its context while the knowledge can also be considered separately.
Not everything has to be completed during the meeting. Capture the thought, then develop a missing reason or relationship later. Raw expression and structured knowledge are not treated as identical.
Connect the problem an option addresses, the criteria used to assess it and the reasons for choosing it. Decisions, hypotheses, facts and team opinions retain their own meanings.
Uncertainty and opposing views need not disappear. Considering an objection together with its basis and timing makes it easier to revisit an earlier decision in today’s conditions.
Find knowledge through its type, relationships and context. Create a reference to use the same thought, or adapt it as new knowledge for a different piece of work.
An adaptation does not silently change its source. A later change to the source can make the need to review a reference visible. Ownership and access are part of this path.
EXAMPLE ACTIVITY
A team chose between two customer-onboarding approaches. A new project faces a similar question.
Identify which problem the decision addressed within the original note.
Relate the two approaches to the criteria and reasons used to evaluate them.
Do not present an unverified assumption as established evidence for the decision.
The new project reviews the earlier decision, references a relevant part or develops new work adapted to its own conditions.
A learning trail that explains when and why something worked, rather than simply copying its result.
WHAT REMAINS?
Knowledge units with clear types and context
Relationships between decisions, criteria and reasons
References or adaptations that preserve their source
YOUR QUESTIONS
No. Team acceptance, source confirmation and the truth of a proposition are separate considerations.
No. Knowledge has its own ownership and access scope. Sharing a Room does not automatically expand the visibility of private knowledge.
Bring ideas, records and decisions into the same context.
