{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/name-one-dominant-development-edge",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9039",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Name one dominant development edge",
  "summary": "A dominant focus is a temporary allocation rule, not a declaration that other goals do not matter.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Choose one development edge whose improvement would unlock the most useful next capability during a defined review horizon. State the output it should change, the minimum maintenance required elsewhere, and the evidence that would justify continuing or switching. Dominance means first claim on scarce development attention, not total exclusion.",
  "limits": [
    "No evidence here proves everyone should have one dominant goal. Use this when competing development goals are diluting execution."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-skill-acquisition-career-dominant-focus"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-7A99264A4FC59B61",
    "RS-A99D57B59D372E5E"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "A meta-analysis of adult work-related learning found goal level, persistence, effort and self-efficacy among the strongest self-regulation correlates of learning after controls.",
      "source_id": "RS-7A99264A4FC59B61",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "The synthesis is older and does not establish that maximizing any one construct causes better learning in every context.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    },
    {
      "claim": "A review of cognitive control argues that adaptive behavior requires both cognitive stability for task focus and cognitive flexibility for switching when goals or circumstances change.",
      "source_id": "RS-A99D57B59D372E5E",
      "role": "contextualizes",
      "note": "This is a conceptual synthesis rather than a trial of a personal goal-prioritization system.",
      "locator": "Abstract, introduction and conclusion"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "When several valuable learning and career goals compete for the same high-quality attention."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "No evidence here proves everyone should have one dominant goal. Use this when competing development goals are diluting execution."
  ],
  "example": "For six weeks, assessment-ready case explanation gets the best practice block; German stays on a small maintenance routine instead of competing for equal priority.",
  "check": "The primary development block has one named edge and a review condition, while secondary obligations remain visible.",
  "steps": [
    "The primary development block has one named edge and a review condition, while secondary obligations remain visible."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-7A99264A4FC59B61",
      "title": "A meta-analysis of self-regulated learning in work-related training and educational attainment: what we know and where we need to go",
      "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21401218/"
    },
    {
      "id": "RS-A99D57B59D372E5E",
      "title": "Principles of cognitive control over task focus and task switching",
      "url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11409542/"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9039",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9040",
      "type": "use_before",
      "url": "/knowledge/state-what-loses-priority-when-the-dominant-goal-wins"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-EA04F47374E04549",
      "title": "Learn new skills, turn them into career evidence, and protect the main development edge",
      "url": "/collections/learn-new-skills-turn-them-into-career-evidence-and-protect-the-main-development-edge"
    }
  ]
}