5,300 Employees Were Terminated. The Pattern Was Still There.
Wells Fargo investigated thousands of employees and terminated more than 5,300 for sales-practice violations. But the misconduct persisted. This Decisions Under the Microscope case examines what happens when individual accountability addresses the person without fully diagnosing the leadership and systems surrounding the behavior.
When People Speak, What Does the System Say Back?
Employees can speak up and still find themselves competing with a much louder message: what the organization measures, rewards and financially prioritizes. Kaiser Permanente’s $556 million settlement offers a case study in what happens when those messages collide.
The Quiet Room Problem
A quiet room may be aligned. It may also be compliant, resigned, or afraid. The leadership challenge is knowing the difference before silence becomes an operational cost.
When Standards Don't Travel: A Workplace-Policy Decision Under the Microscope
A policy can exist on paper and still fail in practice. Using a real EEOC franchise case, this Decision Under the Microscope examines what happens when corporate standards must travel through layers of ownership and leadership—and why the distance between intent and employee experience can become a business problem.
Meta Moved the People. Was the System Ready?
Meta moved thousands of employees into AI-related work. Using the PLS Framework™, this case study examines whether employee resistance—or the system surrounding the transformation—was the primary driver.