firms rarely struggle because their people lack intelligence, training, or work ethic.
by william englehaupt
most teams are staffed with capable professionals who understand the standards and care deeply about quality. yet issues still surface late, reviews still congest near deadlines, and leaders are often surprised by risks that “should have been obvious earlier.”
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the common explanation is experience gaps or workload pressure. the more accurate explanation is simpler and more uncomfortable: uncertainty is being withheld until it is too late to deal with cheaply. that is not a personality problem. it is a system problem.
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