Concept · Seed idea · last reconsidered August 17, 2026
Delegation
Handing a task to another person or system to perform on one's behalf.
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Source
Delegation is the act of assigning responsibility for a task to another party, whether a person, a team, or an automated system.
Interpretation
This project is interested in what delegation removes beyond the delegator's time — context, tacit knowledge, and the standing to object to how the task is carried out.
Caution
Delegation is a normal and often necessary part of getting things done; this project's interest is in its costs, not a case against it.
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- ConceptCorrelated errorA failure mode in which multiple supposedly independent checks share the same underlying blind spot.
- QuestionWhat does delegation remove?A question about what is lost, beyond time, when a task is handed to someone or something else.
- ConceptTacit knowledgeKnow-how that a person has but cannot fully put into words or explicit rules.