Writing
Up the ladder
A 15-part series on how customer help climbs from documentation, to answers, to resolution, and what AI agents inherit from each rung.
Published on LinkedIn. Articles 1 to 3 are live; new parts follow in three acts and a coda.
Self-service help is a ladder. AI agents are the next rung.
Help climbed from documentation, to answers, to resolution. Agents are the fourth rung, and they inherit the content, measurement, and organization beneath them.
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Start by defining the job
Every team that depended on Adobe Help had a reasonable view of its job. A listening tour turned those views into one shared definition and a three-part scorecard.
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Rebuilding the structure under a live site
We kept the publishing system and rebuilt everything on top of it, from the information architecture to the templates and articles, without taking the site down.
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Earlier articles
Shaping your career: Tools for making the most of your job
Medium · Article
Medium · Article
Diversity of viewpoints in healthcare design
Medium · Article
Interviews and talks are listed on About.
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