Model Upgrades Do Not Fix Ownership Problems

# Model Upgrades Do Not Fix Ownership Problems

When a workflow struggles, the instinct is often to reach for a stronger model. Sometimes that helps. But if the core issue is unclear ownership, the upgrade mostly changes the shape of the confusion.

## Ownership failures look like

- no named approver
- work bouncing between teams
- hidden retries covering for process ambiguity
- outputs accepted because nobody owns rejection

## Why better models do not solve this

Capability without accountability can actually make the system harder to understand. It produces more fluent output while preserving the same structural uncertainty around decisions.

## Better first question

Before changing models, ask: who owns the last meaningful decision in this workflow?

## If the answer is vague

That is your real blocker.