Governance Vs. Momentum - Rethinking Decision Making

Governance is such a heavy word. Look up synonyms and words like 'administration', 'control', 'bureaucracy', 'command' are likely to pop up. And in today's world, dominated by product-led or agile thinking, governance can feel like it's a concept from the dark ages. Admittedly, the perception has been well earned in many unfortunate instances.

Often, a contributor is that the natural tendency can be to put someone in charge of governance who has a strong predisposition to structure and control - sometimes to a fault. So, often, governance can over-index on preventing bad things from happening. As a former Technology Audit Director, I'm very much in favor of safeguards. No company should run without them. And I also know that they can get out of hand if there is not careful thought about what one is safeguarding.