🕯️ Advent of Insight · Day 19 – Value Streams, Not Bureaucracies

When value streams become bureaucracies, the system loses the very flow it was built to protect.
Alignment turns into approval. Roles multiply while ownership fades.
Flow needs lightness — minimal structure, clear purpose, shared intent.
Before adding another layer, ask: will this help value move faster, or just make it easier to stop?

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