# Field Note #045 | Urgency Is A Formatting Choice

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Podcast: [Engineering the Intelligent Enterprise](https://stenobird.com/podcast/advances-and-innovations-in-actuation-systems-7727128)
Published: 2026-09-19T19:10:38+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prasad-bhonde6/episodes/Field-Note-045--Urgency-Is-A-Formatting-Choice-e3p3p9r
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Most organisations have a process for managing urgent work. Far fewer have a process for questioning urgency itself. --------- In this episode, we examine a simple organisational pattern: "Urgency Inheritance." The tendency for urgency to survive longer than the evidence that created it. --------- We'll explore why humans mistake speed for certainty, how tempo spreads between teams, and one question that can improve decision quality almost immediately: "Who decided the tempo?" Sometimes the fastest thing in the organisation is not information. It's an assumption. --------- Stay Tuned… Regards, Top Voice Maido & Kon'nichiwa min'na! 👶🏻🧑🏻‍🦱👩🏻‍🦳 Wie Geht's guys? Mir geht's gut!!! ✌️🤘🙌 #Leadership #DecisionMaking #SystemsThinking #Management #OrganisationalBehaviour

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