I will acknowledge a quiet win – for example, how I streamlined metadata tags in our Records Management System, cutting search times by 30%. I will share that in a team email, stating that the metadata cleanup resulted in smoother audits and faster searches, highlighting it as a significant achievement. I will continue to frame these wins to shift the perception, emphasizing the strategic value of Records Information Management's work in supporting business objectives and reducing risk.

One late-stage fix with big impact – pushed for metadata retrofits in a live system to fix searchability. It improved user adoption and reduced lost documents complaints by like 70% . Had to negotiate scope but totally worth it.

keeping project documents for 5 years. Assumptions - Regulations required 5-year retention for audit purposes. - Storage costs were a concern, so keeping docs for "just" 5 years seemed efficient. - Project documents were mainly for reference; no major ongoing legal/biz need expected post-5 years.

Saving documents to personal drives instead of shared drives Over a week, this happened 7 times. Reasons might be Faster to save locally Didn't know where to put it in the shared drive Working offline

I think it is clearing out unnecessary documents to reduce clutter and risks, keeping only what's needed for business or compliance. It is about managing information properly, not getting rid of stuff carelessly .