For some strange reason every time someone mentions ‘governance’ all sense is thrown out the window, the process wonks rub their hands with glee, and you soon find yourself waist deep in treacle like processes that slow everything down to the point that it’s impossible to get anything done.
Governance isn’t a process, and adding more processes won’t necessarily improve your governance.
Governance is a question of decision rights:
- who gets to make the decision
- what information should be considered when making the decision
- who can influence the decision
- who needs to be informed of the decision
‘Process’ is just a tool we use to manage the decision making journey.