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.
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
Select a capture method
Questions, observation, structure, and validation determine what can cross the boundary.
partial
translation
translation
actionsnot yet expressed
signalsnot yet expressed
reasoningnot yet expressed
exceptionsnot yet expressed
Explicit information assetNo asset selected
draftStill incompleteActions, Signals, Reasoning, Exceptions remain partial or weak.
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.
Captured content becomes useful organizational memory only when it is governed and maintained.
What happens after an asset enters the explicit information environment?