Zombie Team. Leave Now.

Some management teams are formally alive — meetings, plans, approvals — and functionally dead. In 2026, with the industry rewiring around AI-native and an economic crunch on top, that’s no longer ‘inefficient’ — it’s a 12-month trajectory to bankruptcy. Eight signs from one planning meeting, the contrast with a live team, and what to do if you’re on one.

May 18, 2026 · 8 min · Denis Ilguzin