Information ownership often looks clear in policy and unclear in practice. Roles shift, teams dissolve, and accountability blurs. RIM professionals are left navigating informal responsibility. Clarity is often rebuilt, not enforced. Questions 1. Where is ownership most ambiguous? 2. How do you manage decisions in that space? Action - Identify one area where ownership needs reframing.

Perfect information inventories are rare. Most organisations operate with partial visibility and assumptions. RIM work proceeds anyway. Progress does not require completeness. Questions 1. Where is visibility weakest right now? 2. How do you work responsibly with that gap? Action - Document one assumption you regularly rely on.

Legacy clean-up rarely ends; it just changes shape. Sustained effort without visible milestones can drain motivation. RIM professionals often carry this fatigue quietly. Recognising it is part of sustaining practice. Questions 1. Which clean-up effort feels never-ending? 2. What helps you stay engaged? Action - Pause one non-urgent task this weekend without guilt.

RIM involvement often arrives post-implementation. By then, constraints are real and options are limited. The role becomes one of mitigation rather than design. Knowing what to push for — and what to let go — is judgement. Questions 1. Where are you most often brought in too late? 2. How do you prioritise interventions? Action - Identify one late-stage fix that had the biggest impact.

I want to pause for a moment and ask for your input before making any decisions about where this community goes next. Records & Information Management is evolving quickly — regulations, technology, and expectations are all changing. This community was created to be a practical, supportive space for professionals working in (or moving into) RIM, and I want the next phase to reflect what you actually find valuable. This is not about free versus paid access. It’s about ensuring the direction of the community aligns with real professional needs, challenges, and ambitions. I’d really appreciate your thoughts on the following: 1️⃣ What is the main reason you engage with this community today? (For example: keeping up to date, professional confidence, practical guidance, peer discussion, career direction, etc.) 2️⃣ What would you like us to focus on more strongly going forward? If we doubled down on one area, what should it be? 3️⃣ What feels missing, unclear, or underdeveloped at the moment? Is there anything you expected when joining that hasn’t quite materialised? 4️⃣ How do you prefer to engage in a professional community like this? Reading and learning, discussion and debate, structured guidance, templates and examples, live sessions, case studies, small peer groups, or something else? 5️⃣ Looking ahead 6 months: If this community had become an essential part of your professional development, what would be happening here regularly? To help prompt ideas (not a fixed plan), I’ve been considering things like: - More practical, real-world examples and case studies - Step-by-step guidance on RIM programmes and frameworks - Templates, checklists, and decision aids - Discussion of emerging tools, technology, and regulation - Opportunities for peer learning and shared problem-solving Please treat these as prompts rather than commitments — I’m far more interested in what you would genuinely find useful. Thanks in advance for sharing your perspective. I’ll read every response and will summarise the key themes before making any changes.