From experience to useful assets

Knowledge Capture

Capture deliberately expresses useful parts of experience so they can be managed and reused. It is partial—not a complete copy of a person’s mind—but it can preserve far more than steps alone.

Interactive model

Translate experience without flattening it.

Choose how to capture the expert’s experience. See what each method reveals, what it misses, and the asset it creates.

01 · What are we preserving?Tacit knowledge in contextExperience remains connected; selected elements are partially expressed.
Experienced person
ActionsWhat does the expert do?Available
SignalsWhat does the expert notice?Available
ReasoningWhy this response?Available
ExceptionsWhen does normal fail?Available

context · relationships · stories · assumptions · technique

02 · How are we capturing it?

Select a capture method

Questions, observation, structure, and validation determine what can cross the boundary.

partial
translation
actionsnot yet expressed
signalsnot yet expressed
reasoningnot yet expressed
exceptionsnot yet expressed
Capture has not begunWhat remains tacit is not drained or duplicated.
03 · What asset results?No asset selectedSelect a capture method to begin expressing the expert’s experience.
Explicit information assetNo asset selected
draft
ActionsNot representedWeak
SignalsNot representedWeak
ReasoningNot representedWeak
ExceptionsNot representedWeak
Still incompleteActions, Signals, Reasoning, Exceptions remain partial or weak.
owner · status · review · metadata · validation
Capture methods

Combine methods when one lens is not enough.

Start here

Select one method, then add another.

Coverage strength is illustrative. It shows why capture design depends on the knowledge, work, people, and intended use.

What this page establishes

Captured content becomes useful organizational memory only when it is governed and maintained.

What happens after an asset enters the explicit information environment?