Layer 4 / Information Ecology
Make information trustworthy enough for AI to use.
Use this checklist to identify the information an AI-enabled workflow may trust.
Checklist scope
One layer. One workflow. One visible gap.
This page does not replace the full Information Ecology framework page or certify that an AI system is safe. It helps a team inspect one operating condition before scaling.
Concise Readiness Checklist
Assess the current condition, then make one improvement.
Answer from the live workflow and its evidence. If the team cannot point to an owner, record, source, control, or review, treat that as the gap.
Ask now
- What information can AI trust?
- What sources of truth exist?
- Who owns critical information?
- Where is information duplicated, stale, or conflicting?
Strengthen next
- Assign ownership to critical information assets.
- Define trusted sources of truth.
- Clean up stale or duplicate knowledge.
- Connect information to workflows and decisions.
Run the Checklist
Apply it to a live workflow, not an abstract AI strategy.
Use one bounded workflow with a named outcome and a decision AI may influence.
- 1
Name the workflow
Describe the trigger, outcome, participants, and the decision AI may influence.
- 2
Inspect Information Ecology
Name each required source, its owner, freshness rule, and permitted use.
- 3
Record the gap
Name one owner, one corrective action, and the evidence that must exist before scale.
Create the Operating Proof
Use the Source-of-Truth Map.
A completed working artifact is stronger evidence than a slide describing future intent.
Start with the checklist gap, complete the tool for the selected workflow, and review whether the artifact is actually used when the next live case arrives.