When waste is a symptom, not the problem.
Visible waste naturally attracts attention. But the more useful question may be what upstream decision, workflow or missing connection is creating it.
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Visible waste naturally attracts attention. But the more useful question may be what upstream decision, workflow or missing connection is creating it.
Professional readiness is less about recalling what you know and more about applying it when the problem is ambiguous, incomplete and unfamiliar.
Speed matters, but solving the wrong version of a problem quickly can create more work. Reframing is not delay; sometimes it is the shortest route to useful action.
Some of the most consequential gaps are not inside a function. They appear in handoffs, ownership boundaries and assumptions about who is doing what.