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Post-Error Adjustments: Strategic Agility and Organizational Zemblanity

Marco Balzano

California Management Review2025https://doi.org/10.1177/00081256251332311article
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Abstract

Summary Errors pose critical tests for firms, challenging their ability to recover or else face decline. This article frames strategic agility as a response mechanism to overcome errors. Conversely, when firms are repeatedly unable to enact strategic agility, they can enter a hindering state where they struggle to take corrective actions. In this state, it is likely that firms will inadvertently activate error-amplifying feedback loops, becoming the primary architects of their own misfortune. This state is conceptualized as “organizational zemblanity,” which has three root causes: deteriorative culture, leadership deficiencies, and structural inefficiencies.

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@article{marco2025,
  title        = {{Post-Error Adjustments: Strategic Agility and Organizational Zemblanity}},
  author       = {Marco Balzano},
  journal      = {California Management Review},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/00081256251332311},
}

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M · momentum0.72 × 0.15 = 0.11
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