I have saved Hannah's Claude.md Guide in the past for it offered so much value and learnings. It's so awesome to see in this post how you guys have identified communication gaps and lack of co-ordination in an organization as the real bottleneck and how, as a collective, one can take a leaf of Claude's booklet to create a shared context file. 🌟
Moving AI into the shared drive/folder structure makes a lot of sense for the systems that were designed to mirror the concept and core company infrastructure. It’s the difference between everyone having their own calculator and everyone using the same real-time ledger. I love the 're-explanation tax' metaphor, great collab Joel and Hannah!
I’ve seen people who have outgrown roles be invited to stay at the company because they have “institutional knowledge”. A shared context sheet fed into an AI chatbot starts to eliminate the need for that…
This is a great point. Shared context files (when used effectively) can capture a lot of what used to only live in someone's head - the decisions that were made, the reasons behind them, and how things work in a particular organization. But, there will always be context that can't be written down. This is the context that informs judgment calls, creative leaps, and the ability to see connections that aren't obvious yet. That's where the value will shift - from "I'm the only one who knows how this works" to "I'm the one who sees what to do next."
A1 post, Hannah and Joel!
I have saved Hannah's Claude.md Guide in the past for it offered so much value and learnings. It's so awesome to see in this post how you guys have identified communication gaps and lack of co-ordination in an organization as the real bottleneck and how, as a collective, one can take a leaf of Claude's booklet to create a shared context file. 🌟
The organizations that align on a shared context strategy will reap the rewards!
This should definitely be a practice that business teams start adopting in 2026. It keeps everyone on the same page and saves a ton of time.
It does!! And diminishes risk of people going rogue
Thanks for bringing Hannah to our attention... a bit of gold right there
Yes! 🙌
10x setup that's a must-do
It is!!
Moving AI into the shared drive/folder structure makes a lot of sense for the systems that were designed to mirror the concept and core company infrastructure. It’s the difference between everyone having their own calculator and everyone using the same real-time ledger. I love the 're-explanation tax' metaphor, great collab Joel and Hannah!
I thought you’d enjoy this one, @Anna!
Absolutely love the own calculator versus real-time ledger metaphor! Great way to describe the benefits of the shared context approach.
I’ve seen people who have outgrown roles be invited to stay at the company because they have “institutional knowledge”. A shared context sheet fed into an AI chatbot starts to eliminate the need for that…
Really interesting point, Anika!
This is a great point. Shared context files (when used effectively) can capture a lot of what used to only live in someone's head - the decisions that were made, the reasons behind them, and how things work in a particular organization. But, there will always be context that can't be written down. This is the context that informs judgment calls, creative leaps, and the ability to see connections that aren't obvious yet. That's where the value will shift - from "I'm the only one who knows how this works" to "I'm the one who sees what to do next."