A note to budding knowledge workers: preparing a 50-page document and sending it off to a senior is no longer impressive.
Large documents used to signal some labor. With AI, that hard work is not guaranteed.
What is important instead is three-C's. Coherence, Collection, and Conciseness.
1. Coherence: Does your document align well with the organizational tone, established way of thinking, and existing documentation?
2. Collection: Do you draw from sources of data that is not just reachable by a simple search online? Even if it is, did you dig through to prioritize a select few sources?
3. Conciseness: Prepare for short attention spans. Skimmed reading. Do not add extra burden on the context window for a human being by including a 5-page introduction if it is not absolutely required to set the stage.
Two fantastic articles in this regard that I keep re-reading:
The Coherence Premium by JA Westenberg https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/the-coherence-premium
The Pyramid Principle by Ameet Ranadive (even though this from more than a decade ago)
https://medium.com/lessons-from-mckinsey/the-pyramid-principle-f0885dd3c5c7
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Radi
June 2026
Stockholm