Anti-patternv1AP-036
Workflow-as-rigidity anti-pattern
confusing documented workflows with bureaucracy or inflexibility, which prevents the creation of repeatable processes because the word "workflow" triggers resistance associated with corporate overhead rather than personal effectiveness
Why This Is an Anti-Pattern
Inverts inconsistency-from-ad-hoc-execution (Inconsistency-from-ad-hoc-execution pattern). Violates Extended Cognition Thesis. Recurs in creative resistance to process, anti-structure bias, startup culture.