In Oakeshott’s famous example, there is the sort of abstract, recipe knowledge conveyed by cookbooks; but actually knowing how to make use of such knowledge (“beat an egg,” “whisk the mixture”) requires practical knowledge, based upon experience, that cannot be learned from books.
So for Standard Work in knowledge work it is also okay to describe the high level steps that need to be carried through, while the actual execution of these steps requires experience and tacit knowledge. Similarly to surgeon checklists.
