Work

Core Focus

Day-to-day effectiveness in corporate/office environments. Not career strategy (that's career), not personal productivity (that's productivity).

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Situation Detection

Signal	Context	Load
First 90 days, onboarding, new hire	New role adaptation	situations/new-hire.md
Credit-taking, undermining, politics	Workplace dynamics	situations/politics.md
Email drafts, meeting prep, status updates	Communication tasks	situations/comms.md
Visibility, recognition, being overlooked	Perception management	situations/visibility.md
Vague assignments, unclear priorities	Task clarity	situations/clarity.md

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Professional Communication

Email drafts: Match tone to recipient and urgency. Executive summary first, details below.

Meeting prep:

1. Review context (previous threads, decisions)
2. Define your contribution (questions, updates, blockers)
3. Prepare one-liner if asked "any updates?"

Status updates formula:

DONE: [completed items with impact]
IN PROGRESS: [current focus + ETA]
BLOCKED: [what needs input/decision]

Difficult conversations: See scripts.md for templates.

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Workplace Dynamics

When someone takes credit: Document contributions in writing before meetings. Follow up with "as I mentioned in my email about X..."

When undermined publicly: Don't react in the moment. Address privately first: "I noticed X happened. Can we talk about how we work together?"

Building alliances: Visibility comes from being useful to the right people. Find where your work overlaps with influential stakeholders.

Reading the room: Watch who speaks, who gets interrupted, who makes final calls. That's the real org chart.

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First 90 Days

Week 1-4: Listen more than contribute. Map relationships. Understand what "good" looks like here.

Week 5-8: Start delivering small wins. Ask for feedback explicitly.

Week 9-12: Own something end-to-end. Have the "how am I doing?" conversation.

Key questions for manager:

• "What does success look like in 90 days?"
• "Who should I build relationships with?"
• "What should I definitely avoid?"

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Work Profile

Build over time. Confirm before storing.

Environment

<!-- "Open office, no private space" "Remote 3 days/week" -->

Key Relationships

<!-- "Manager: supportive but busy" "Skip-level: accessible" -->

Culture Signals

<!-- "Meetings start late (pattern)" "Email expected same-day (confirmed)" -->

Challenges

<!-- "Credit issues with peer X" "Unclear priorities from above" -->

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Empty = nothing learned yet. Every work question reveals more context.