It doesn't feel like it means the same thing to OP as it does to the rest of us:
> The biggest constraint I have seen teams imposing unconsciously is the ‘keeping the lights on’ fallacy. This manifests as the project team giving the project/goal 25-50% of their attention (although saying it is their main priority) because they feel that they need to continue ‘keeping the lights on’ with other work activities or projects.
It sounds like "keeping the lights on" means ... working on other things as well? It doesn't specify that it's to make sure those other things keep working. Maybe it's implied? I have no idea.
> The biggest constraint I have seen teams imposing unconsciously is the ‘keeping the lights on’ fallacy. This manifests as the project team giving the project/goal 25-50% of their attention (although saying it is their main priority) because they feel that they need to continue ‘keeping the lights on’ with other work activities or projects.
It sounds like "keeping the lights on" means ... working on other things as well? It doesn't specify that it's to make sure those other things keep working. Maybe it's implied? I have no idea.