I diagnose where coherence breaks: in systems, in organizations, and in the gap between how things are supposed to work and how they actually do.

Coherence is a property of a system in which truth, authority, and continuity reinforce each other over time, reducing the need for corrective effort. When systems lose coherence, people absorb the cost.

This publication is the working record of that diagnostic practice:

Failure Modes: structural ways systems fail, independent of industry or intent

Functional Field Notes: early signals before failure hardens

The Coherence Record: how the diagnostic instrument is built, tested, and refined

The Quiet Work: the human cost of structural dysfunction and why it matters before automation

The goal is to make the structure visible so it can be addressed, instead of asking humans to compensate indefinitely for design failures.

— JG