Tag: structural clarity
Why Alignment Is Faked More Than It’s Earned
There’s a kind of meeting where everyone nods. You’ve seen it. The strategy’s been presented. The vision sounds tight. Leadership says what needs to be said. Heads bob around the room. There’s cautious optimism in the air. But when you walk out of that room – into the hallway, back to your team, into Slack…
On Systems That Self-Deceive
I’ve seen entire organizations run on theater. Not because the people inside them are insincere, but because, somewhere along the way, the system itself started lying to itself. It’s slow, and it’s subtle. A project that’s “90% done” for four straight months. A roadmap filled with initiatives that quietly get deferred, renamed, or re-scoped until…