Horizon Collapse

Aggressive focus on immediate results prevents visibility into second-order consequences. Strategy discussions collapse into reaction management. Long-term positioning erodes without explicit decision to abandon it.

## Trigger Signals

• Strategy discussions collapse into reaction
• Second-order effects invisible in planning
• Long-term positioning erodes silently
• "We'll deal with that later" as default

## Why It Persists

Near-term results are measurable and rewarded. Long-term effects are uncertain and distant. The incentive structure privileges now over later.

## Common Misdiagnosis

• "We need to be more agile"
• "The market is moving fast"
• "We'll get to strategy later"
• "Execution is what matters right now"

## Cost of Ignoring

Long-term positioning erodes invisibly. Competitive advantage decays. The organization becomes reactive by default. Strategic optionality disappears.

• Strategy discussions collapse into reaction
• Second-order effects invisible in planning
• Long-term positioning erodes silently
• "We'll deal with that later" as default

## Why It Persists

Near-term results are measurable and rewarded. Long-term effects are uncertain and distant. The incentive structure privileges now over later.

## Common Misdiagnosis

• "We need to be more agile"
• "The market is moving fast"
• "We'll get to strategy later"
• "Execution is what matters right now"

## Cost of Ignoring

Long-term positioning erodes invisibly. Competitive advantage decays. The organization becomes reactive by default. Strategic optionality disappears.

Near-term results are measurable and rewarded. Long-term effects are uncertain and distant. The incentive structure privileges now over later.

## Common Misdiagnosis

• "We need to be more agile"
• "The market is moving fast"
• "We'll get to strategy later"
• "Execution is what matters right now"

## Cost of Ignoring

Long-term positioning erodes invisibly. Competitive advantage decays. The organization becomes reactive by default. Strategic optionality disappears.

Near-term execution consumes all attention. Second-order effects are invisible in planning. Strategy collapses into a sequence of reactions. The horizon shrinks without anyone deciding to shrink it.

## What It Looks Like In the Wild

Aggressive focus on immediate results prevents visibility into second-order consequences. Strategy discussions collapse into reaction management. Long-term positioning erodes without explicit decision to abandon it.

## Trigger Signals

• Strategy discussions collapse into reaction
• Second-order effects invisible in planning
• Long-term positioning erodes silently
• "We'll deal with that later" as default

## Why It Persists

Near-term results are measurable and rewarded. Long-term effects are uncertain and distant. The incentive structure privileges now over later.

## Common Misdiagnosis

• "We need to be more agile"
• "The market is moving fast"
• "We'll get to strategy later"
• "Execution is what matters right now"

## Cost of Ignoring

Long-term positioning erodes invisibly. Competitive advantage decays. The organization becomes reactive by default. Strategic optionality disappears.

• "We need to be more agile"
• "The market is moving fast"
• "We'll get to strategy later"
• "Execution is what matters right now"

## Cost of Ignoring

Long-term positioning erodes invisibly. Competitive advantage decays. The organization becomes reactive by default. Strategic optionality disappears.

Long-term positioning erodes invisibly. Competitive advantage decays. The organization becomes reactive by default. Strategic optionality disappears.