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Document critical organizational schemas explicitly with

Document critical organizational schemas explicitly with concrete examples to provide calibration references for informal learning.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from externalization exposing gaps (Externalization Exposes Hidden Structure), tacit knowledge resisting formalization (Tacit Knowledge Exceeds Linguistic Expression), and tacit-only knowledge degrading (Knowledge that exists only in tacit form degrades without). Documentation provides reference without replacing observation.

Source Lessons

L-1629

Schema propagation in organizations

New members absorb organizational schemas through onboarding, socialization, and observation — but the propagation process is largely undesigned. What new members learn is determined more by who they sit near, who mentors them, and what they observe in their first weeks than by any formal onboarding program. Organizations that design their schema propagation deliberately can shape which schemas new members acquire and which they question.

Connections

Derived From (3)

AxiomExternalization Exposes Hidden Structure AxiomTacit Knowledge Exceeds Linguistic Expression AxiomKnowledge that exists only in tacit form degrades without

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