{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/protect-the-dominant-edge-from-attractive-adjacent-work",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9044",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Protect the dominant edge from attractive adjacent work",
  "summary": "Opportunity cost often arrives wearing a very interesting title.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Before switching, ask whether the new item changes the chosen outcome, removes the current bottleneck or creates a time-sensitive option. If not, capture it in a return list and continue the dominant edge until the review trigger. Curiosity is preserved without granting every idea immediate execution rights.",
  "limits": [
    "Do not ignore urgent market shifts or safety changes just to preserve consistency. Stable focus must remain capable of rational switching."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-skill-acquisition-career-dominant-focus"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-A99D57B59D372E5E",
    "RS-3FD08B5174C6CD5E"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "claim": "An integrative review reports decreased performance in many dual-task and task-switching conditions compared with appropriate single-task controls.",
      "source_id": "RS-3FD08B5174C6CD5E",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Switching can still be necessary and adaptive; the review does not imply that uninterrupted work is always optimal.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "When useful new tools, courses or project ideas keep replacing the current development target."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Do not ignore urgent market shifts or safety changes just to preserve consistency. Stable focus must remain capable of rational switching."
  ],
  "example": "A new AI framework looks useful during assessment preparation. It is saved with one sentence about potential value and revisited after the assessment milestone.",
  "check": "The dominant block changes only for a stated evidence-based reason, while worthwhile ideas remain retrievable.",
  "steps": [
    "Does this new item remove the current bottleneck?",
    "Is there a real deadline or option that expires?",
    "What evidence says it outranks the current edge?",
    "If not now, where is it captured for later review?"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-A99D57B59D372E5E",
      "title": "Principles of cognitive control over task focus and task switching",
      "url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11409542/"
    },
    {
      "id": "RS-3FD08B5174C6CD5E",
      "title": "Cognitive structure, flexibility, and plasticity in human multitasking—An integrative review of dual-task and task-switching research",
      "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29517261/"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9044",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9045",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/keep-a-return-list-instead-of-switching-now"
    }
  ],
  "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"
    }
  ]
}