The Wisdom of Frameworks

Many years ago, had a wise person say to take the work and distill it into (reusable, compostable) frameworks. If I would do this well, it wpuld leave a distinct impression compared to others who might enter roles in more traditional methods (certifications, degrees, networking, etc). I’ve leveraged common, uncommon, and personal frameworks quite often to a positive effect because of that wisdom.

Some days ago, Zapier’s chart of “AI fluency characteristics” came across the screen again. Yet this time, I saw it less as a measure of competency, I saw it as a framework for understanding what Zapier sees for themselves, and for their products/services. At first glance, someone would look at this as a checkbox, but in seeing it again, I saw another version of a maturity matrix.

Have used a UX/HCD maturity matrix at several companies to focus conversations, methods, technologies, and even professional development. A matrix that is fleshed out enough doesn’t answer all questions, but does leave a lot of room for growth and remixing skills.

Zapier’s AI fluency framework reminds of of my own. And even more of the wisdom to make sure that one has a concept-enough of the landscape to map where they are, but also where they’d desire others to be along with them.