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AGENCY DEFICIT DISORDER

The real pandemic killing organizations

DEFINITION

Agency Deficit Disorder is the systematic erosion of internal decision-making capability. It's the epidemic of outsourced agency that makes organizations unable to act on their own signal.

THE AGENCY EPIDEMIC

Most organizational dysfunction stems from one source: the systematic destruction of internal agency.

Organizations have become so dependent on external validation, expert consultation, and consensus building that they've lost the ability to trust their own signal and act decisively.

AGENCY DEFICIT SYMPTOMS

EARLY STAGE

  • • "Let's get an expert opinion on this"
  • • "We should research best practices"
  • • "What do other companies do?"
  • • "We need more data to decide"

TERMINAL STAGE

  • • Cannot make any decision internally
  • • Paralyzed without external input
  • • Internal signal completely atrophied
  • • Becomes consultant-dependent organism

RESTORING AGENCY

The Agency Recovery Protocol:

  1. 1. External input prohibition: Make decisions with internal signal only
  2. 2. Signal amplification: Trust what you already know
  3. 3. Decision velocity: Choose quickly based on available information
  4. 4. Outcome ownership: Live with consequences of your choices
  5. 5. Agency exercise: Make daily decisions to rebuild capability

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