Systemic Dissonance
Systemic dissonance is a recurring gap between your intent and execution.
Misalignment
Objectives and day-to-day work point in different directions. Teams optimize locally instead of advancing shared outcomes.
How is this impacting your operations?
Competing priorities, context switching, and diluted progress. Effort increases while outcomes stall.
Friction
Process, tooling, and handoffs create drag. Work waits on reviews, unclear ownership, or missing inputs.
How is this impacting your operations?
Delays, rework, and meeting load increase. Flow efficiency drops and delivery slows.
Noise
Signals overwhelm systems: scattered channels, ad‑hoc updates, and unprioritized requests drown out real priorities.
How is this impacting your operations?
Attention fragments, decision quality declines, and throughput suffers as teams chase the loudest thing.
Drift
Teams slowly diverge from strategic intent as circumstances change and context decays.
How is this impacting your operations?
Roadmaps veer, effort accrues on low‑leverage work, and alignment has to be constantly re‑won.
Tension
Legitimate constraints pull against each other—speed vs. quality, innovation vs. stability—without clear decision rules.
How is this impacting your operations?
Decisions stall, shadow work grows, and accountability blurs as teams hedge instead of deciding.
