P1 · CHAPTER 06 · WORKFLOW TRANSLATION
Workflow translation for “The Capability Overhang”
Apply “The Capability Overhang” to a real workflow by naming the trigger, owner, evidence, decision, control and failure path. A useful translation changes operating detail, not vocabulary.
WORKBOOK SEQUENCE
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Choose one repeated task related to this thesis: There is more latent power in today's models than we have built products to express. The overhang is enormous.
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Use the chapter signals—The Unused Room; The Dynamo Problem; Abilities After Arrival; Scaffolding Changes the Animal; The Printing Press Lesson; Why Imagination Lags; Benchmarks Are Flashlights; The Hidden Surface Area of Work; From Prompting to Operating Systems; Compounding Overhang; The Error of Waiting for Perfect; The Builder's Map; Why This Is Good News; The Overhang Above Us—to identify where the current workflow loses time, quality or learning.
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Define the trigger, input, AI-assisted step, human decision, measurable output and stop condition.
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Run the workflow once with a real case; record the failure before expanding scope.
EXPECTED OUTPUT
Leave with a decision artifact.
A bounded workflow card with one owner, one metric, one review gate and one documented failure response.