The Conceptual Workflow Atlas: Navigating Regulatory Compliance Process Architectures
Why Traditional Compliance Frameworks Fail: My Experience with Conceptual GapsIn my practice across three continents, I've observed that most compliance failures stem not from ignorance of regulations, but from conceptual mismatches between workflow design and regulatory intent. Traditional approaches treat compliance as a checklist exercise—what I call 'box-ticking architecture'—which creates brittle systems that collapse under regulatory changes. For instance, in 2021, I consulted for a mid-si