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THE ORGANIZATIONAL COST OF LOW TASTE

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Organizations fail not from poor strategy but from weak "taste" — a shared standard that filters bad options before they demand justification. Without it, decision paralysis sets in, politics replaces clarity, and complexity accumulates through unchecked addition. As AI makes creation nearly free, judgment becomes the scarcest and most decisive organizational resource.