Semantic Agency
Can Our Rules Protect Themselves?
Answer these five questions to assess whether your governance structures carry their own constraints or depend on external enforcement.
Do your organisation's core rules and policies carry their own definitions, or do they depend on external documents to explain what they mean?
If a key governance document were moved to a new system or context, would it still enforce the same constraints?
Can administrators or future leadership easily override the rules that protect your mission, without triggering formal amendment processes?
Would your founding constraints survive a major system upgrade or organisational restructure intact?
Do your rules define how they themselves can be modified, or is that left to whoever holds power at the time?
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