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Field Note #065 | The Alignment Mirage
The room achieved consensus. The project achieved nothing.
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Why do initiatives that receive unanimous approval on Tuesday afternoon stall completely by Friday morning?
Nodding in a meeting is frequently an act of social preservation, not intellectual agreement.
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In Field Note #065, we examine The Alignment Mirage: the recurring organisational pattern in which the absence of vocal objection is mistaken for shared operational commitment.
Most meetings price public dissent far higher than silent non-compliance.
Raising a technical risk in a crowded review prolongs the session and usually…
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