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title: "Signals | ShanVic & Co."
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description: "Signals is ShanVic’s collection of research, analysis, field observations, and practical readings of businesses, systems, and emerging change."
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ShanVic & Co.

# Signals

What we’re noticing in businesses, technology, and the systems people rely on.

## [The Systems Your Employees Built Without Asking](https://shanvic.co.uk/signals/the-systems-your-employees-built-without-asking/)

Unofficial spreadsheets, Teams threads, and employee workarounds often preserve distinctions the formal system missed. Understand what they are doing before you remove them.
[Read the signal →](https://shanvic.co.uk/signals/the-systems-your-employees-built-without-asking/)

## [What If Growth Means Working Less?](https://shanvic.co.uk/signals/what-if-growth-means-working-less/)

An owner may want the business to depend less on their daily involvement. That can require substantial change while the company stays the same size.
[Read the signal →](https://shanvic.co.uk/signals/what-if-growth-means-working-less/)

## [The Friction Is the Evidence](https://shanvic.co.uk/signals/the-friction-is-the-evidence/)

Repeated workarounds and recurring frustration can tell you where a system no longer fits the work. The useful evidence is what people do in response.
[Read the signal →](https://shanvic.co.uk/signals/the-friction-is-the-evidence/)

## [You Can’t Break the Rules Until You Know Them](https://shanvic.co.uk/signals/you-cant-break-the-rules-until-you-know-them/)

Understanding why a rule exists helps you judge whether it still suits the work. Experience matters when that judgement is needed.
[Read the signal →](https://shanvic.co.uk/signals/you-cant-break-the-rules-until-you-know-them/)

## [Extraction Is a Design Choice](https://shanvic.co.uk/signals/extraction-is-a-design-choice/)

A company can report lower costs while asking other people to do more of the work. We need to include their contribution when assessing the change.
[Read the signal →](https://shanvic.co.uk/signals/extraction-is-a-design-choice/)

## [Your Exhaustion Is Not a Business Model](https://shanvic.co.uk/signals/your-exhaustion-is-not-a-business-model/)

A business can look properly staffed and reliable while people quietly supply the missing capacity with evenings and weekends. Count what the work actually takes.
[Read the signal →](https://shanvic.co.uk/signals/your-exhaustion-is-not-a-business-model/)