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Unchallengeable - the cost of closed decisions

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The term 'information flows' has always given me trouble, so lately when I ran across some living examples of it that helped things click, if felt like the right time to write about it. Information flow-based systemic levers are strong influencers in systemic outcomes.  For some background on systemic levers, see here:  https://blog.practicaltech.ca/2020/12/what-system-levers-can-tell-you-about.html Now, intuitively it makes sense to me that 'information flows' are high on the leverage list - but I wouldn't be able to explain it to someone coherently ( up to the reader if that's still the case ).  The simplest explanation I have of clarifying 'information flows' would be 'access to information used in decision-making'.  ( note: information includes more than just numbers...but I'll try to keep things simple ) Ask yourself: do I have access to the information used in decision-making?   If you can go and look up or ask about the information, th...