Systems Over Heroics: How Infrastructure Prevents Professional Burnout

This article reframes burnout not as a personal failing but as a structural problem caused by scaling commitments without supporting systems. According to McKinsey research, burned-out employees are 2.3 times more likely to leave their jobs, making this an organizational risk issue. The piece provides concrete frameworks—delegation boundaries, cognitive batching, and workflow automation—for building the infrastructure that prevents professionals from becoming single points of failure.