Corporate restructures rarely fail because of bad intentions. They fail because leadership attempts to redesign entire organizations without the operational systems needed to guide people through the transition. When transparency disappears and SOPs are replaced by corporate buzzwords, productivity collapses, trust erodes, and operational debt begins to accumulate.

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