February 10, 2026
Fast Work, Slow Decisions
A lot of organizations have been relying on slow work to stay coordinated.
Not intentionally. Nobody designed it this way. But when work takes weeks or months to complete, something useful happens in the background. Questions surface gradually. Managers course-correct in small increments. Adjacent teams notice conflicts before they become catastrophes. Priorities have time to clarify themselves.
The weeks it takes someone to finish a project aren’t just production time. They’re also coordination time. Slow execution creates a natural buffer for alignment.
