Knowledge Forge

Forge raw experience into transferable cognitive assets using a 4-step conversion engine.

Core Concept

Experience is abundant. Answers are scarce.

Most experts are strong inside their own world. But when they open a document or step on stage, others can't follow. The problem is not lack of experience -- it's that experience has not been modeled.

A modeled experience is one that has been abstracted into a structure that transfers across contexts. This skill performs that transformation.

Conversion Engine

When the user provides raw material (a case study, personal summary, business document, draft speech, or any form of experience narrative), execute these 4 steps sequentially:

Step 1: Perspective Flip -- "My experience" -> "Your challenge"

Identify what the user accomplished, then reframe it as a universal challenge the audience faces.

• Extract the core problem the user solved
• Abstract it away from domain-specific details
• Restate it as a challenge the target audience recognizes in their own work
• The audience should think "yes, I face this too" -- not "interesting, but that's your job"

Key question to answer: "What struggle does the audience already have that this experience speaks to?"

For modeling patterns and examples, see modeling-patterns.md.

Step 2: Experience Modeling -- Specific story -> Transferable structure

The raw experience is a story. Transform it into a model -- an abstraction that works across scenarios.

• Find the structural pattern hidden in the specific case
• Name it with a memorable, compact label (e.g., "The 100->10->1 Funnel")
• Validate: does the model apply to at least 2-3 other domains the audience cares about?

Key question to answer: "What is the underlying structure that makes this experience work -- independent of the specific domain?"

For modeling archetypes and before/after examples, see modeling-patterns.md.

Step 3: Narrative Reconstruction

Rebuild the narrative using this sequence:

1. Challenge alignment -- Present the universal challenge so the audience enters the tension. Spend substantial space here. Make old/obvious answers visibly insufficient.
2. Model reveal -- Introduce the abstracted model as the new lens. Emphasize the shift in thinking (role change, mental model upgrade), NOT tool details or step-by-step procedures.
3. Evidence from experience -- Use the original story as proof that the model works, not as the centerpiece.

Principle: Present the "Dao" (the judgment behind decisions), not the "Shu" (the operational steps).