How I publish

Standards

Trust has to be built into the format, not added as a disclaimer. These rules apply to everything on the site, and they matter most when an entry reports an experiment or claims an impact.

The rules

  1. Evidence is labelled

    Every entry says what its claims rest on: opinion, observation, measurement or an illustration. Hypothetical scenarios and illustrative numbers are never presented as measured outcomes.

  2. Samples say so

    Example entries carry a Sample label until they are replaced with real work.

  3. Client work needs permission

    I ask before publishing confidential client data or identifiable internal workflows, and each Work & Proof story says what was approved and which outcomes were measured.

  4. AI use is disclosed

    When AI played a meaningful part in the research or production and it affects how you should read the result, the entry says how.

  5. Negative results count

    Inconclusive and unsuccessful experiments are published too, and small samples are acknowledged.

  6. No disguised pitches

    Business promotion is kept apart from editorial judgement.

The principle to remember
Publish what you can substantiate. Explain what you learned. Make it useful enough that someone returns.

How the work connects

The six sections are entry points into one body of work. One meaningful experiment can lead to several useful pieces while keeping one source of evidence that the others link back to.

How one piece of source work becomes other kinds of entries, and what each gives the reader
Source workDerivative expressionReader value
The Lab: the full experimentA Teardown of the mechanismUnderstand why it may work
Experiment findingsA Field Note on the lessonUnderstand what changed my view
A repeatable insightA Playbook or checklistApply the learning
A relevant real engagementA Work & Proof case studyAssess professional credibility
All of the aboveMedia: YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram and the newsletterDiscover and revisit the idea

Questions

Spotted a claim that goes further than its evidence, or a label that looks wrong? Tell me and I will check it.