Glossary

Tacit knowledge

Tacit knowledge is knowledge an expert can use fluently but cannot fully explain from memory.

Working definition

Tacit knowledge works before it becomes language.

Michael Polanyi's phrase, we know more than we can tell, captures the problem. Experts recognize, choose, pace, and adjust through knowledge that is real even when it resists explanation.

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Tacit knowledge leaves evidence.

The knowledge may be hard to verbalize, but it still shows up in work: repeated cues, fast decisions, skipped steps, consistent phrasing, and different responses to different situations.

Where it goes to work

First your thinking becomes visible. Then it goes to work.

Every build starts with your Cognitive Fingerprint™: the part where what has always been there becomes something you can see. Then it gets installed where your work actually happens. For you, for your team, or for the whole company.

For one owner

BigBrainOS

The founding build. Your judgment, your voice, your rules, installed in seven working days.

$3,000

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For a team

BigBrainTeams

The embedding play. Your team working inside one shared brain, per-seat installs.

$7,500 + $1k/added seat

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For the whole company

BigBrainSystems

The three-day onsite. The whole company's operating judgment, up to 15 people.

$35,000

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A standalone Cognitive Fingerprint™ is also available. Ask about it on the fit call →