Beyond The Feature Episode 5 — Decisions Need a Trace

In this episode, I make a simple promise: if you can point to the decision in under ten seconds, your workflow moves faster. I walk through why choices vanish in the noise of meetings, chats, and emails and how a single, human-readable headline in the doc (“Decision, Owner, Approver, Date”) stops re-litigating the same topic next week. I’ll show how quiet features (comments with @mentions, version history, approval notes, and sensitivity labels) serve as evidence behind the headline without turning this into a tool tour. You’ll hear the telltale signs your trace is working (shorter debates, fewer “did we decide?” pings, easier onboarding) and a tiny move you can try before your next meeting to lock it in. If you want the quick “how,” I’ll point to my Microsoft 365 Companion Series on Amazon, Olympus Academy micro-lessons, and short YouTube clips, but the win is the visible line that keeps work moving.