The Source Signal

The Source Signal

For organizations where new people learn how things work by watching the people who built them. Not from anything written down. The knowledge exists in the source.

It doesn't yet exist in the system.

The problem isn't that the methodology doesn't work. It's that it lives in the heads of the people who built it.

In the instincts, the shortcuts, the decisions that never got documented because everyone who needed to know was already in the room.

This system extracts that knowledge and builds it into a form the organization can use without the source present.

What you receive: four components, used in sequence.

Component 1 — The Extraction Protocol

Pulls tacit knowledge out of the person who has it. Surfaces what works but was never written down. Done by the expert, alone or with a colleague.

60–90 minutes per session.

Component 2 — The Coherence Map

Converts that knowledge into a navigable structure. Organized by the moment it's needed, not by how it's categorized. 2–4 hours. Done by the expert.

Component 3 — The Transfer Architecture

Moves the knowledge to someone new in a sequence that matches how they'll actually encounter the work. Not how the expert organizes it in their head. 3 sessions plus 3 practice cycles.

Done by the expert with the new person.

Component 4 — The Coherence Check

Verifies the knowledge is being applied correctly. Without requiring you to review every output.

Ongoing, 15–30 minutes per cycle.

Sequence is not optional.

Each component builds what the next one requires. Starting from the receiver's side doesn't work.

How you know it's working: someone new can operate at the standard of the system without needing to ask the founder how things are done here.

Not for: organizations that don't yet have a methodology that produces consistent results. Build that first.

There's nothing to extract and codify yet.