Getting Started still sorts green, yellow, red. Yellow is “Copilot only.” That rule assumed the danger was public ChatGPT. The 2026 failure is quieter: you have a file open in your permissions, Copilot pulls it, and you paste a summary into a client deck or a vendor email.
The 2024 rule is incomplete.
Colleagues cannot see your Copilot chats. That is not the same as “Copilot cannot see too much.” If you can open it, licensed Copilot can use it when Work IQ is on. Your job is to notice what went into the answer before you send.
Core principles
- Still true: consumer tools and personal Copilot are red for MillerKnoll and customer work.
- Still true: yellow stays in Copilot, not in a public chatbot.
- New: ask “would I forward this file to the person who will receive this draft?” If no, do not let Work IQ mix it in.
- If the answer cites a document you did not attach, open the citation. If you cannot, treat the claim as unverified.
Related: Getting Started — What’s safe to share
Check yourself
Chats are not a shared inbox. Oversharing is you sending work Copilot was allowed to see to someone who was not. Trace the draft.
Do this in Copilot
Take one draft you might send this week. List the files Copilot could have used. Delete or redo any sentence you cannot trace.
Run this after Copilot drafts something you might send.
Audit one answer for oversharing
I am about to send this draft: [PASTE]. List every claim that looks like it came from work files, email, or meetings. For each claim, ask me whether I intended that source to be in this draft for [AUDIENCE]. Flag anything that would be oversharing if the audience is outside the project team. Do not invent sources I did not mention. If you are not sure where a sentence came from, say so.
Did you run this in Copilot? Mark complete when you have tried it.
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