TERM-067Behavioral
Agency
The felt sense that your actions matter. Agency is what keeps people engaged when the work is hard. When people lose agency — when their input doesn't land, their decisions get reversed, their efforts don't move anything — they don't fight. They leave or they stop caring. Both are expensive.
Institutional States
Last LegView pattern →The Sacred CowView pattern →Cracked MirrorView pattern →The Exit PatternView pattern →Dead CalmView pattern →SilosolationView pattern →Runaway TreadmillView pattern →The Fossil SystemView pattern →The AnchorView pattern →Broken CompassView pattern →Kid GlovesView pattern →The Unlit RoomView pattern →
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