Organizations make problems visible. A project is late. Utilization is low. Turnover is increasing. A team is overwhelmed. Customer complaints are rising. A new technology is producing work faster than expected. These observations matter. They tell us that something is happening. But they do not necessarily tell us why. Sometimes the explanation really is close to the surface. A system went down. Demand unexpectedly increased. Someone made a mistake. A deadline was unrealisti

Leaders often evaluate decisions by asking a simple question: "Is this the right decision?" It is an important question, but it is rarely sufficient. In organizations, decisions do not remain isolated. They move. They influence priorities, reshape workloads, alter incentives, affect relationships, and create consequences that often emerge far from the original decision itself. A decision made within one function rarely remains within that function. Instead, it propagates thro