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A while back, I wrote about applying the Theory of Constraints to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The central idea was that a BJJ match is a dynamic constraint system: both players continuously add and release constraints on each other, shifting the bottleneck back and forth with every grip, every weight transfer, every failed sweep. The framework was satisfying but incomplete. As an engineer, I’m drawn to systems: constraints, flows, feedback loops. As a manager, I’ve learned that the most interesting part is rarely the system itself : it’s what happens to the people inside it. How they adapt, resist, break, or grow. The system shapes them as much as they reshape the system. ...