For decades, most businesses have been built on assumptions that no longer hold:

  • Control instead of trust.
  • Efficiency instead of ownership.
  • Top-down change instead of shared responsibility.
  • People treated as resources, not contributors.

COVID didn’t break the system.

It revealed the cracks that were already there.

Since then:

  • Productivity has plateaued.
  • Engagement has splintered.
  • Leaders are carrying more weight than ever.
  • And the gap between effort and results continues to widen.

Most businesses are responding the only way they know how, by pushing harder.

But more pressure on a flawed system doesn’t fix it.