"Organizations tend to preserve explanations longer than evidence supports.
Six months from now, the write-up will read like inevitability. In a scaling issue where efficiency and resilience pull apart, every step on the way will have sounded reasonable. That is how drift stays invisible.
In a scaling issue where efficiency and resilience pull apart, the rational story will be that you were being pragmatic. The bill arrives later as fragility and rework, and the team learns that “temporary” means permanent. You see it in a decision that drifts because nobody writes the boundary.
James G. March is a reminder to audit the argument, not the intention. Draft the future critique now: how this fails and what justification you will be tempted to use, then name one guardrail. A clear line beats a long explanation.