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The moment a task leaves your hands and quietly becomes someone else's problem.
means The transfer of responsibility, information, or a physical object from one person or system to another.
from From American football, where the quarterback literally places the ball into a runner's hands — by the 1900s the move had a name, and offices borrowed it to dignify passing the buck.
Failure pointMost workplace errors hide in the handoff, not the work.
MedicineHospital shift handoffs are studied like aviation safety.
Tech senseCalls and sessions silently hand off between cell towers.