---
id: "action-structured-sharing-conversations"
type: "action-item"
source_timestamps: ["§ What Leaders Can Do"]
tags: ["knowledge-management", "meetings"]
related: ["framework-leadership-commitments-for-disclosure", "prereq-knowledge-management-systems"]
action: "Replace process memos with short demos and structured 'show me how you built this' sessions."
outcome: "Converts private methods into reusable artifacts without overburdening the discoverer."
speakers: ["Eric Anicich", "Jeslyn Brouwers"]
sources: ["execution"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-execution"
originDay: 8
articleStem: "hbr-cl-76-employees-not-transparent-ai-usage"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/06/why-employees-arent-transparent-about-their-ai-usage"
sourceTitle: "Why Employees Aren’t Transparent About Their AI Usage"
---
# Implement Structured Sharing Conversations

**Commitment #1 — 'Earn the disclosure you want.'** Part of [[framework-leadership-commitments-for-disclosure]].

**Do:** Build recurring, structured conversations into the routine where it is legitimate to ask, *'What exactly do you do that works?'* Use lightweight templates, short demos, and 'show me how you built this' sessions to convert private methods into reusable artifacts.

**Don't:** Rely on passive knowledge repositories or ask employees to write long process memos — see the historical failure modes in [[prereq-knowledge-management-systems]].

**Action:** Replace process memos with short demos and structured 'show me how you built this' sessions.

**Outcome:** Converts private methods into reusable artifacts without overburdening the discoverer. Pairs tightly with [[action-limit-sharing-cost]] so that being asked to share does not become unpaid labor.