FIRST-PRINCIPLES-THINKING5 MIN READ
Talk Through the Bottleneck
Use constraint language to align stakeholders around the workflow step that governs throughput.
Elena E Legal lead F Flow I Inputs S Subordinate Cross-functional delay 20 sec The meeting Legal review is the visible delay, but upstream teams may be feeding unclear requests into the bottleneck. The conversation needs to protect throughput without making Legal the scapegoat. 5d legal review wait $1.2M pipeline in review
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