Organizational Debt

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Strategy

Foundational Lexiconstructural problems
Executive Parlanceaccumulated dysfunction
Scholarly Discoursesystemic liability
Babel ZenithOrganizational Debt
Origin: Management

Etymology & Meaning

Accumulated problems from quick fixes and deferred decisions.

In the Boardroom

Legacy processes that slow everything down.

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