But that’s a trap.
Ask yourself: “If this process didn’t exist, would we invent it today?” For most corporate workflows (monthly business reviews, multi-step expense approvals, triple-sign-off on low-risk items), the answer is no. But they persist because “that’s how we’ve always done it.” corporate ef
The average manager waits 3.7 days for a non-critical approval. Multiply that across 10 decisions per week, and you’ve lost nearly a month of productive time per year—not in work, but in waiting . But that’s a trap