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id: "quote-why-frameworks-fail"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["¶3"]
tags: ["failure-modes"]
related: ["framework-decision-rights-mistakes", "concept-decision-rights"]
speaker: "Lindy Greer, Maxim Sytch, and Jennifer Jordan"
speakers: ["Lindy Greer", "Maxim Sytch", "Jennifer Jordan"]
quote: "...because they're misunderstood, misused, or disconnected from real behavior."
sources: ["tail1"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-tail1"
originDay: 1
articleStem: "hbr-tail-106-decision-frameworks-fail"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/06/gg-why-decision-making-frameworks-fail"
sourceTitle: "Why Decision-Making Frameworks Fail"
---
# Why Frameworks Fail

> *"...because they're misunderstood, misused, or disconnected from real behavior."*
> — **[[entity-lindy-greer]], [[entity-maxim-sytch]], and [[entity-jennifer-jordan]]**

The compressed thesis on why tools like [[entity-raci-d1]] fail. The three failure verbs map onto the four mistakes: *misunderstood* → definitional confusion ([[claim-raci-misunderstood]]); *misused* → dictated static lists ([[claim-static-raci-ignored]]); *disconnected from real behavior* → the overarching diagnosis in [[framework-decision-rights-mistakes]] and [[concept-decision-rights]].