Still Showing Up, Already Gone

Walk through a manufacturing plant today; you will feel it before you can name it. The newer employees move station to station, checking screens, following procedures. Production boards show strong numbers. Dashboards glow green. Now, find the person who has been there for 25 years.

She is still doing her job well. She knows the equipment. She shows up on time. She almost never makes mistakes. What has changed is how often she speaks up. In meetings, she contributes less. On the floor, she keeps what she notices to herself. Most leaders assume burnout. Most leaders are wrong.

She stopped talking because she learned that her judgment no longer drives decisions.

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