Value Wake

Catch the moment someone makes the money figure the target — that's the wake mistaken for the boat, and the whole causality inverts.

Value Vocabularynot “ROI (as the number that counts)”

Say this, not that

Value Wake

ROI (as the number that counts)Value Wake

Catch the moment someone makes the money figure the target — that's the wake mistaken for the boat, and the whole causality inverts.

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Value Vocabulary
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AI-Native Mirror

Next time someone names a technical problem, check whether they're already living the shift before you propose anything new.

Value VocabularyValue-First
AI-Native Mirror
Capability Value (Not Efficiency Value)

The work you can now do at all — not the hours you shaved off the work you already did.

Value Vocabularynot “efficiency value”
Capability Value (Not Efficiency Value)
Felt Truth

Ask what they'd say themselves — the beholder confirms a Felt Truth, or no one does.

Value VocabularyValue-First
Felt Truth
Felt Value Gap

A pain point gets agitated to create urgency; a Felt Value Gap is what someone actually feels.

Value Vocabularynot “pain point”
Felt Value Gap
HDE (Human Domain Expertise)

Write down the thing only they know how to do — now, while they're still here, so AI can meet it and start multiplying it.

Value Vocabularynot “tribal knowledge”
HDE (Human Domain Expertise)
Refine the Value

Make the next small pass, side by side, today — that's refining. It keeps the collaboration and drops the combat.

Value Vocabularynot “sparring”
Refine the Value

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