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.

Most RIM work never begins cleanly. February often starts with half-finished retention work, unresolved backlogs, and systems that don’t quite align. This is not failure; it is the normal operating environment of information management. Professional practice begins where ideal states end. Questions 1. What work are you carrying into this month unfinished? 2. What would “good enough” look like right now? Action Name one ongoing issue you are intentionally not trying to perfect.