Insights
Short notes. Not a magazine.
Governance
Hand over the promises too
New councils must receive a full record of the money. Communities need a record of what they were promised.
Practice
Social facilitation is broken — and box-checking is why
When engagement is a compliance event, communities learn that talking changes nothing. The fix is a trail: who was heard, what was promised, what closed.
Risk
The cockroach theory: local structures adapt faster than your organogram
Host communities reorganise around a project whether you map them or not. Ignore customary and ward structures and you will meet them at the gate.
