Insights Diversity strategy and governance
Insights on governance
Five precise places where a steering system gives way: the text no one applies, the responsibility no one carries, the indicator that decides nothing, the committee that absorbs and the plan that ages.
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An indicator is only worth something if it can trigger a decision
A number tracked every month but never discussed is not yet an instrument of governance.
- Insight A policy without governance is a documented intention A policy can be perfectly drafted and remain almost invisible in daily decisions.
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An action plan is not a governance system
A list of actions can be complete the day it is delivered and already fragile the following month.
- Insight What has no owner often ends up belonging to no one “Everyone is responsible” can become an elegant way of not knowing precisely who has to act.
- Insight The diversity committee must not become the owner of diversity The day the whole subject belongs to the committee, part of the organization can start believing it no longer belongs to them.
These texts go deeper into one dimension of our expertise The full system, the steering loop and the possible forms of engagement are set out on the expertise page.
Diversity strategy and governance