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Anti-patternv1AP-022

Coordination-as-motivation-problem anti-pattern

treating multi-agent coordination failures as motivation problems rather than structural design problems, which leads to exhorting harder effort when the actual solution is redesigning the interface between agents

Why This Is an Anti-Pattern

Inverts multi-agent-coordination-failure (Multi-agent-coordination-failure pattern). Violates Most organizational outcomes are products of system design… (system design determines outcomes). Recurs in team dysfunction, personal routine conflicts, organizational blame.