Decision Velocity Decay
The measurable increase in latency between a strategic signal and an approved agent action, caused by insufficient strategic context forcing excessive human intervention.
Why it matters
As companies deploy more AI agents, they often add human-in-the-loop checkpoints to manage risk. Decay occurs when agents lack sufficient strategic context to act autonomously on low-risk decisions, effectively creating a bottleneck where the AI is fast but the business is slow. A procurement process with a decay of 4 days means agents cannot approve routine vendor switches without human sign-off — negating the ROI of AI deployment. Measuring decay reveals where strategic context gaps are destroying operational speed.
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