When we introduce a knot, we weaken the working load of a rope up to 50%. If we project the impact of a knot into our own work, what are the literal or figurative knots that create impediments to our impact? Which systemic knots can easily be removed? Which operational knots have been stressed so dramatically that they cannot be undone?

How might we employ knots to secure essential items and avoid using them when they are redundant or unnecessary?