Burnout is a Design Failure
- Lauren Wu
- Mar 2
- 1 min read

Burnout is still framed as a resilience issue. As if individuals simply need better boundaries, stronger habits, or improved stress management.
But in executive rooms, the pattern is consistent. High performers are not failing. They are operating inside systems built on the assumption of constant capacity.
When urgency becomes culture. When recovery is treated as optional. When invisible labor goes unnamed. When output is rewarded without structural clarity. Strain is inevitable.
Calling that a personal flaw is convenient. Calling it a design failure is honest.
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