Hierarchical information channels act like a game of telephone — each layer that a message passes through delays it, filters it, or warps it. When you rely on chain-of-command reporting, the people who actually need the signal receive a degraded version, and critical problems stay buried. The fix is structural: make direct cross-level and cross-department communication the default, not an exception requiring permission.
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