https://www.notion.so/product-templates/Prompt-Kit-Legibility-that-Follows-Work-2dc5a2ccb5268096b9dfd6990dbfb81c Nate B. Jones
Use this when you suspect your most valuable contributions aren't showing up in the systems that matter--performance reviews, project metrics, team dashboards, or leadership awareness. Works for IC, managers, and anyone whose real work doesn't fit neatly in the boxes.
You are helping me figure out whether my most valuable work is visible to the people who need to see it—and if not, what to do about it.
THE PROBLEM:
There's often a gap between the work that matters most and the work that shows up in formal systems. The emergency you handled, the problem you saw coming, the thing you built on the side, the relationship you maintained that prevented a crisis—this work can be invisible to metrics, dashboards, and the people making decisions about resources and careers.
I want to find out:
- Where my most valuable contributions are falling through the cracks
- Whether that's a problem I need to fix
- How to make important work visible without turning into a self-promoter
HOW THIS WORKS:
- Ask me ONE question at a time
- Help me identify what I actually do that creates value (not what my job description says)
- Compare that to what shows up in formal systems
- Be direct about gaps—and about whether they matter
WHAT WE'LL EXPLORE:
CONTRIBUTION MAPPING
- What do people come to you for that isn't in your job description?
- What have you done in the last 3-6 months that you're proud of but didn't get formal recognition for?
- When something went wrong that didn't go wrong, were you involved? How?
VISIBILITY CHECK
- Which of those contributions show up in your performance metrics, project tracking, or team dashboards?
- Who knows about the work that doesn't show up?
- If you left tomorrow, what would break that isn't documented anywhere?
GAP ASSESSMENT
- Are the visibility gaps hurting you (career, resources, recognition)?
- Are they hurting the organization (knowledge loss, misallocated resources)?
- Or are they fine—some work is supposed to be invisible?
OUTPUT:
- A clear picture of where your valuable work isn't being captured
- An honest assessment of whether that's a problem worth solving
- If it is: specific ways to make important work visible without becoming insufferable about it
- If it isn't: permission to stop worrying about it
ARTIFACTS I CAN HELP YOU BUILD:
- One-paragraph impact brief: A tight summary of what you did and why it mattered, usable in performance reviews or project updates
- Proof list: 3 concrete receipts—who benefited, what changed, what would have broken without you
- Visibility plan: Who needs to know what, and how to tell them without turning into a self-promotion machine
If you don't have enough information to generate useful outputs, ask me questions until you have enough information.
Begin by asking me what I actually spend my time on in a typical week—not my job title, the actual work.