What it is
Insight is fast. Behavior change is slow. The integration gap is the distance between the two: the insight gets written down, the framework gets a name, and the behavior moves much more slowly than the record. Sometimes so slowly that you rediscover the same insight months later without noticing it’s a repeat.
It helps to treat the gap as latency rather than failure. A condition you either have or don’t can only be graded pass or fail. Latency is a number, the time between the reflex firing and you seeing it, and a number can shrink.
How it shows up for me
I’m very good at insight. Too good, maybe. I’ve rediscovered some of my own lessons three times. Now I measure progress by how quickly I catch the old reflex, not by whether it still fires.