Funnily enough, just like with governance itself, there’s both good and bad guidance about governance. Now, “bad” may be in the eye of the beholder for sure, so on this Turkey-day in the US, I’m going to briefly go hunting some sacred cows instead of flightless birds. When I was a kid, my parents used […]
The Organizational Governance Mapper 9000
One of the shows my kids like to watch is Rusty Rivets, where Rusty and his friend Ruby and their team of robots create all kinds of crazy machines out of recycled parts to solve problems (and most of the time, problems they’ve inadvertently created for themselves). For example, Rusty and Ruby get his great […]
Set in stone or styrofoam?
That’s really the question we need to answer when we’re looking to identify the decisions we associate with any individual owner in our complex web of organizational governance. But, like so many other things, we often don’t ask the right question, or, people’s default psychological tendencies make it hard for themselves to know the difference. […]
A bit o’ birth control for organizational decision making
If there’s one thing that seems to be multiplying like rabbits in the modern organization, it’s the number of people who think they’re critical to making a decision. C’mon…I know you’ve seen this too. You have a meeting, and 10 unexpected – and uninvited – people show up, or the CC line of an email […]
5 signs you have a security governance problem
This one’s short and sweet, but it still kinda surprises me how many people don’t really get what security governance is about. So let’s clear that one up first. It isn’t just do I have clearly defined roles and responsibilities and reporting structures defined for everything in my purview as a security leader. It’s also […]
