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The Gamification of Records Management

Written by Richard Lang on August 18, 2025. Posted in Change Management, Collaboration, Communications, Records.

Aside from those who are in the field, no one thinks records management is fun. It is the office-equivalent of doing laundry or cleaning out the garage. However, for our organizations, having information owners properly retain or dispose of...

Understanding and Documenting the Basis of Retention Periods

Written by Richard Lang on March 18, 2024. Posted in Retention.

The business world is dynamic: people come and go, laws change, and business requirements change, but having a history of why your organization is retaining or deleting a record after a certain period of time will make it more comprehensible...

The Conundrum of Events-Based Retention Periods

Written by Richard Lang on November 6, 2023. Posted in Retention, Retention Management.

Is Schroedinger’s cat alive or dead? The answer in quantum mechanics is that both are true. Is a record subject to retention or disposition? Again, both can be true at once and no more so than when records are existing within event-based periods....

Author: Richard Lang

The Gamification of Records Management

Understanding and Documenting the Basis of Retention Periods

The Conundrum of Events-Based Retention Periods