AI has made speed nearly free, and brands are taking full advantage — shipping faster, cutting corners, calling it efficiency. But speed was never what customers were buying. Trust was. And trust doesn't erode all at once — it erodes the first time nobody in the room says "this isn't good enough," and every time after that gets easier. Stephen breaks down how cutting corners in the name of speed is quietly costing brands the one thing they can't buy back — internal and external authority — an...