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The Seam Effect: Why Automated Processes Fail at Their Handoffs, Not Their Steps

The Seam Effect: Why Automated Processes Fail at Their Handoffs, Not Their Steps

October 1, 2026 Operational Reliability

Automating individual steps in a process does not make the process more reliable overall — it moves failure to the handoffs between automated and manual work, where nobody is watching.

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Why Technology Doesn’t Fix Broken Processes: The Automation Paradox

Why Technology Doesn’t Fix Broken Processes: The Automation Paradox

August 16, 2026 Operational Reliability

Analysis of the automation paradox: why applying technology to broken processes produces faster, larger, more expensive failures, and what the diagnostic patterns reveal about effective operational transformation.

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