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    "methodology": "Rotational Flow",
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      "definition": "The whole team engineering the shared context that makes both AI and humans produce better output. Context is the bottleneck of AI adoption, and the whole team is the fastest way to engineer it.",
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      "definition": "Intuitive, contextual, holistic prompting using Clean Language (David Grove) instead of mechanical templates. Named after Betty Edwards' Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.",
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    "time_savings": "80% less time on repetitive tasks",
    "knowledge_sharing": "2x faster knowledge sharing",
    "psychological_safety": "90% increased psychological safety",
    "notable_project": "First successful CMS Medicare modernization (65M Americans served)"
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      "description": "Free 2-minute assessment, no email required. 2,000+ professionals completed.",
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        "Collaboration",
        "Trust & Safety",
        "Experimentation"
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