Editorial standards

The three voices

• Catalog — reference. Neutral, factual, structured. The reader is looking up what a framework is and when it applies. No personal opinions, no recent-news framing.
• Academy — teaching. Long-form tutorials with a single author byline. Opinions allowed where they sharpen the lesson, always marked as such.
• Blog — commentary. Field reports and arguments. Opinions are the point. Tone is direct; claims are sourced when they go beyond the author's own experience.

Sourcing

Any specific claim about a person, company, or quantitative fact is sourced inline. Where a framework's history matters — Eisenhower's quote, Humphrey at SRI for SWOT, the Cynefin paper — we cite the origin. Anecdotal observations from the author's own work are marked as such and not cited.

Corrections policy

When we get something wrong, we fix it inline and append a short correction note dated to when the fix shipped. Substantial corrections trigger a bumped last reviewed date on the page. We don't silently rewrite history.

Spot something off? The Suggest an edit link at the bottom of every Academy article opens a pre-filled email to [email protected]. We read every one — corrections usually ship within 48 hours.

Attribution

Every Academy and Blog post is bylined to a real person — see authors. "Framework team" is not used as a hidden byline. If an outside guest writes, they get a byline of their own.

AI disclosure

AI tools are used as drafting and proofreading assistants. No published article is AI-generated end-to-end. A human author writes the argument, picks the examples, and signs off. See Methodology for how this maps to the catalog vs. Academy distinction.