Intro

This entry analyses process-driven organisations, procedural governance, and cognitive outsourcing, focusing on how standardised workflows, compliance structures, and predefined procedures replace independent thinking and decision-making capacity. It explains why processes do not eliminate complexity but conceal it, and how organisations created systemic rigidity by substituting judgement with execution rules. Key concepts include process dependency, decision architecture, organisational behaviour, cognitive load reduction, compliance systems, and structural thinking.

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