Frozen Recognition

Teams acknowledge the need for standardized decision-making protocols. Recognition of the problem persists without structural change to address it.

## Trigger Signals

• Problem acknowledged in multiple meetings
• "We should standardize this" repeated quarterly
• Recognition persists without action
• Same fix proposed, never implemented

## Why It Persists

Recognition feels like progress. Implementation is costly and disruptive. Acknowledging the problem is easier than solving it.

## Common Misdiagnosis

• "We need to prioritize this"
• "It's on the roadmap"
• "We're waiting for the right time"
• "We need more resources"

## Cost of Ignoring

The same problems recur. Teams lose faith that recognition leads to change. Learned helplessness sets in. People stop raising issues.

• Problem acknowledged in multiple meetings
• "We should standardize this" repeated quarterly
• Recognition persists without action
• Same fix proposed, never implemented

## Why It Persists

Recognition feels like progress. Implementation is costly and disruptive. Acknowledging the problem is easier than solving it.

## Common Misdiagnosis

• "We need to prioritize this"
• "It's on the roadmap"
• "We're waiting for the right time"
• "We need more resources"

## Cost of Ignoring

The same problems recur. Teams lose faith that recognition leads to change. Learned helplessness sets in. People stop raising issues.

Recognition feels like progress. Implementation is costly and disruptive. Acknowledging the problem is easier than solving it.

## Common Misdiagnosis

• "We need to prioritize this"
• "It's on the roadmap"
• "We're waiting for the right time"
• "We need more resources"

## Cost of Ignoring

The same problems recur. Teams lose faith that recognition leads to change. Learned helplessness sets in. People stop raising issues.

The problem is seen. The solution is known. Implementation never happens. Recognition becomes a substitute for action.

## What It Looks Like In the Wild

Teams acknowledge the need for standardized decision-making protocols. Recognition of the problem persists without structural change to address it.

## Trigger Signals

• Problem acknowledged in multiple meetings
• "We should standardize this" repeated quarterly
• Recognition persists without action
• Same fix proposed, never implemented

## Why It Persists

Recognition feels like progress. Implementation is costly and disruptive. Acknowledging the problem is easier than solving it.

## Common Misdiagnosis

• "We need to prioritize this"
• "It's on the roadmap"
• "We're waiting for the right time"
• "We need more resources"

## Cost of Ignoring

The same problems recur. Teams lose faith that recognition leads to change. Learned helplessness sets in. People stop raising issues.

• "We need to prioritize this"
• "It's on the roadmap"
• "We're waiting for the right time"
• "We need more resources"

## Cost of Ignoring

The same problems recur. Teams lose faith that recognition leads to change. Learned helplessness sets in. People stop raising issues.

The same problems recur. Teams lose faith that recognition leads to change. Learned helplessness sets in. People stop raising issues.