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Engineering the Intelligent Enterprise · September 3 · 33 min

FIELD NOTE #032 | Friction Often Performs A Function

Not every delay is a waste. Not every extra step is bureaucracy. And not every safeguard is outdated. Some friction exists because experience left a note for the future. The difficulty is that useful friction and legacy friction create the same feeling. ------ Both slow things down.Both ask for patience.Both demand effort. Only one prevents a problem worth preventing. ------ In this episode, we explore why many systems become victims of their own success, and why understanding friction is often more valuable than removing it. ------ Stay Tuned… Regards, Top Voice Maido & Kon'nichiwa min'na! 👶🏻🧑🏻‍🦱👩🏻‍🦳 Wie Geht's guys? Mir geht's gut!!! ✌️🤘🙌 #FieldNotes #SystemsThinking #Leadership #Operations #Management #DecisionMaking

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Not every delay is a waste.

Not every extra step is bureaucracy.


And not every safeguard is outdated.


Some friction exists because experience left a note for the future.


The difficulty is that useful friction and legacy friction create the same feeling.


------


Both slow things down.Both ask for patience.Both demand effort.


Only one prevents a problem worth preventing.


------


In this episode, we explore why many systems become victims of their own success, and why understanding friction is often more valuable than removing it.


------


Stay Tuned…

Regards, Top Voice


Maido & Kon'nichiwa min'na! 👶🏻🧑🏻‍🦱👩🏻‍🦳

Wie Geht's guys? Mir geht's gut!!! ✌️🤘🙌


#FieldNotes

#SystemsThinking

#Leadership

#Operations

#Management

#DecisionMaking

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