The Normalization of Deviance - The Things We Tolerate

Small exceptions rarely announce themselves as the beginning of institutional decline. They arrive quietly, just this once, just for this person, just because the circumstances are different.But repeated exceptions can become accepted practice. What was once considered unacceptable becomes familiar, then tolerated, and eventually normal.This episode examines the normalization of deviance, how organisations gradually adapt to departures from their own standards, why leaders often fail to recognize the slide, and what it takes to interrupt it before the exception becomes the culture.Because what an institution repeatedly tolerates, it eventually teaches people to accept.Leave us a NoteIf this episode strengthened your thinking, follow the podcast and leave a review to draw more leaders into the mission. Our full suite of services lives at Ethosworks.life.