Some problems remain difficult because everyone keeps adding instead of removing.

When something is not working, the reflex is to add. Another process, another meeting, another rule, another layer of oversight, each intended to fix a symptom and each making the whole harder to see. Over time the difficulty is no longer the original problem; it is the accumulation of responses to it. Removal is rarely proposed because it looks like doing nothing.

Next time a problem persists, ask what could be taken away rather than what could be added. Try the removal first, since it is cheaper to reverse. Often the obstruction is something introduced to help.