Why Tacit Knowledge Is More Important Than Deliberate Practice - Commonplace - The Commoncog Blog

tacit knowledge instruction happens through things like imitation, emulation, and apprenticeship. You learn by copying what the master does, blindly, until you internalise the principles behind the actions.

If you are a knowledge worker, tacit knowledge is a lot more important to the development of your field of expertise than you might think.

Tacit knowledge is knowledge that cannot be captured through words alone.

Learning this type of complicated judgment — this instantaneous solution selection that happens to balance dozens of considerations against each other — this is what is valuable to learn. And it is almost impossible to learn it through explanation alone.