Organizational Topology is your Achilles heel.

Have you ever looked at a map and thought “That isn’t so far away, I can make that hike in no time” only to find there was a thousand-foot elevation change between you and there?

Topology is important.

The distance between where you are and where you want to be may look short. But the elevation you have to overcome may be significant.

Police forces could make the jump into food delivery. They have vehicles they could use for delivery. They have fleet management capabilities, dispatching technology, employee shift management tools. They even have a phone number almost everyone in the city knows. On paper, all the pieces are there. But try telling a police officer they are delivering groceries while on patrol. The operational distance between police officers and delivery drivers is close. But the altitude is miles apart.