Misaligned priorities, founder bottlenecks, and slow decisions. EASE makes trade-offs explicit (Align), installs a steady cadence (Support), and pushes authority to the edge (Empower) so execution speeds up without you being everywhere.
"Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals." T.E. Lawrence