When Improving Processes Makes System Worse
Published: January 20, 2026
Duration: 5:40
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Why delivery failures rarely happen suddenly, and how small, reasonable decisions slowly create fragile systems long before incidents appear.
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Most delivery failures do not happen suddenly.
They emerge...