The record
The proposed ledger carries five parts of work in one durable account.
- Request
- scope and expected result
- Work
- action and outcome
- Evidence
- supporting facts and records
- Judgment
- decisions and exceptions
- Acceptance
- review and decision
Proposed organizational model
The work ledger coordinates work and preserves its record. Existing systems keep the authoritative records.
Source systems
Project management, incident management, engineering systems, master data, content, and access controls provide references and selected facts.
Work execution
People, agents, and automations perform, route, assign, and review work within delegated authority.
Work ledger
The ledger connects the request, work, evidence, judgment, and acceptance without replacing the systems around it.
Governance & standards
People decide which findings become policies, playbooks, and documentation for future work.
A new exception becomes the next standard
This retail example shows the proposed model inside one organization.
- Work begins. A store opens a support ticket in Jira. An Oracle replenishment agent checks the order and stock. An Informatica master-data agent checks the vendor terms.
- People apply judgment. Frank, the business owner, defines the exception path. Patty, the category manager, authorizes it. Power Automate executes the authorized integration batch.
- The ledger preserves the account. It links the ticket, inventory facts, and vendor terms; records the action and outcome; keeps Frank's rationale; and records Patty's approval.
- The organization updates its standard. Governance documents the rationale, approval, and outcome; defines the scope, limits, and authority; then publishes the policy, playbook, and agent guidance.
Roadmap
Motus starts local. Later stages remain proposals until real use justifies them.
Current
- recorded runs
- linked findings
- search and retrieval
- run receipts from stored facts
Portable work receipts
- versioned portable receipt
- producer signature
- optional verifier attestation
- recipient decision
Network services
- shared attestation
- cross-ledger exchange
- settlement integration