Definition
Companion idea to JONA. Knowing which capabilities you are choosing not to outsource, and being able to say why.
What is at stake
A line you cannot state is a line you will cross without noticing. This is what separates a policy from a mood.
Where the word came from
No borrowing established. The neighbours worth knowing are leader-owned work in Lancefield's HBR framework and AI-off zones as BCG's operational form. Neither replaces the term.
How episcope came to it
episcope. Not established as a borrowing.
Read next
JONAKeeping something by hand because the doing is the point.The third pathBetween refusal and uncritical scaling.Centaur and CyborgDividing tasks against interleaving them.
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