Tacit knowledge
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Definition
Personal knowledge — beliefs, insight, experience, know-how — transferred through interaction rather than documentation.
Tacit knowledge in plain English
Tools don't adopt themselves — people do. A new process lands like a new phone OS: some users are excited, some are lost, some quietly revert. Tacit knowledge names a people/change pattern so you diagnose the human blocker instead of yelling "just follow the plan." Hold onto this precise job description: Personal knowledge — beliefs, insight, experience, know-how — transferred through interaction rather than documentation. On a stem, name whether Tacit knowledge is about timing, ownership, measurement, or delivery style — then eliminate the answer that borrows a cousin concept from the wrong phase.
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