Local Optimization Creates System Fragility

Why Healthy Teams Can Produce Unhealthy Organizations

Every function hits its targets.

Yet delivery slows. Dependencies multiply. Decisions get harder to make.

The problem isn’t underperformance. It’s that every team optimizes locally — and nobody optimizes the system.

Healthy functions can still produce an unhealthy enterprise.

Why organizational fragility builds between teams, not within them.

https://primamachina.substack.com/p/local-optimization-creates-system