Concepts
The irreducible epistemic atoms underlying the curriculum. 4,828 atoms across 8 types
Diagnose broken loops by mapping onto…
Map any broken feedback loop onto the four-part structure (Act, Observe, Evaluate, Adjust) to diagnose which specific component is missing, because each missing part produces a distinct failure signature.
Classify errors as execution, knowledge, or judgment…
For each detected error in a system, explicitly classify whether it represents an execution failure (wrong doing), knowledge failure (missing information), or judgment failure (incorrect assessment) before designing any correction.
Match correction type to error type
For execution errors, deploy procedural corrections (checklists, automation, environmental forcing functions); for knowledge errors, deploy epistemic corrections (new information sources, expert consultation); for judgment errors, deploy calibrational corrections (prediction tracking, external review, pre-mortems).
A true root cause, eliminated, makes the error impossible…
Test root cause validity by asking whether eliminating the identified cause would make the error impossible rather than merely less frequent—if only frequency decreases, continue deeper analysis.
When 'why' has multiple independent answers, branch…
When asking 'why' produces multiple independent answers, branch the Five Whys analysis to follow each causal path separately rather than selecting one primary cause, because multi-causal problems require tree structures not chains.