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    I.21 — The Alignment Trap: When Agreement Is the Warning, Not the Win

    “For the most part we do not first see, and then define, we define first and then see.” — Walter Lippmann, Public Opinion The leadership team reaches agreement in twenty minutes, and everyone feels the relief of it. Heads nod. The tension that walked in has dissolved. Someone says the sentence that always gets said…