System Drift: Why High-Performing Organizations Slowly Lose Effectiveness Without Realizing It

Sustained performance may depend less on adding new capabilities and more on preventing valuable systems from quietly drifting off course. Full article: https://davidohnstad.info/system-drift-why-high-performing-organizations-slowly-lose-effectiveness-without-realizing-it/

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published
2026-11-02
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23892853
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Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications
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System Drift: Why High-Performing Organizations Slowly Lose Effectiveness Without Realizing It

David Ohnstad
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Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications
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System Drift: Why High-Performing Organizations Slowly Lose Effectiveness Without Realizing It

David Ohnstad
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Abstract

Sustained performance may depend less on adding new capabilities and more on preventing valuable systems from quietly drifting off course. Full article: https://davidohnstad.info/system-drift-why-high-performing-organizations-slowly-lose-effectiveness-without-realizing-it/

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System Drift: Why High-Performing Organizations Slowly Lose Effectiveness Without Realizing It — David Ohnstad · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2026) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS