Continuity Gap Postmortem

Field Note 25 / AgencyXQ / Postmortem

Use after a clear reading was averaged away during handoff, implementation, leadership transition, or vendor process.

Blank companionFieldbook / Operating Instrument 24Same structure / different evidence

What was knowable before handoff?

HANDOFF

What disappeared?

DRIFT

What did execution optimize that the Field Read never intended?

Which element was sanded first?Model exclusion / human tension / rejected direction / Tension Card / owner / falsifier / horizon.

Who benefited from the preferred story returning?Name the budget, department, leader, partner, or identity protected by the drift.

Who had veto power?Name the formal and informal governor.

Smallest repair this weekWhat restores lineage now rather than after another planning cycle?

Never hand off again withoutName the artifact, rule, owner, or review that becomes mandatory.

Stop-the-line resultIf the postmortem cannot name a missing owner or sanded falsifier, the team is still performing process theater.