What runs when decisions pause is what was built in
When decisions pause, what continues is what the structure had built in. It becomes visible when things stop working.
What runs when decisions pause is what was built in.
Sometimes, things hold.
Work continues cleanly. Problems resolve quickly.
Other times, work concentrates.
Decisions reopen. The same conversations happen again. Who absorbs the extra work. Which decisions get reopened. What gets protected. What gets dropped.
Either way, what runs is what was built in.
You don't see it when things are working.
You see it when things aren't.