Field Note #065 | The Alignment Mirage

Podcast: Engineering the Intelligent Enterprise · PRASAD BHONDE

Opublikowano: 2026-10-19

The room achieved consensus. The project achieved nothing. — 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. -- 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 ri...