Sharing your work is rarely as simple as sending a link. When you invite an approver or collaborator into your board, you are inviting them into a workspace where you have spent hours building context that they do not share. The Lab's sharing feature provides a read-only view with spatial layout, pan, zoom, and commenting capabilities, but the technology alone cannot bridge the gap in understanding. You must actively guide their attention.
To share effectively, you must treat your board as a boundary objectâan artifact that means different things to different people. Your approver is looking for alignment with business goals, while you might be focused on the mechanics of a specific process. Provide clear context about what you are testing, explicitly state which parts are experimental versus established, and ask specific questions. Never just ask, "What do you think?" Direct their focus to where their expertise is actually needed.
Assignment
Share your current board with a colleague or approver. Before sending the link, draft a short message that provides context on what you are testing, indicates which parts are experimental versus established, and asks two specific questions about the content.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the mechanics of the Lab's sharing feature and its read-only spatial view.
- Learn how to provide necessary context when sharing a board for review.
- Formulate specific, actionable questions to guide reviewer feedback.
The Boundary Object
A boundary object is an artifact that is flexible enough to adapt to local needs and constraints of several parties employing them, yet robust enough to maintain a common identity across sites. In the context of your board, your approver will see different things than you do.
Directed Feedback
The practice of asking specific questions rather than open-ended ones (like "what do you think?"). This focuses the reviewer's attention on the areas where you actually need input, distinguishing between experimental and established components.