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Risk

The cockroach theory: local structures adapt faster than your organogram

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Rigid corporate maps

The organogram

  1. HQ
  2. Municipality
  3. Contractor

The cockroach reality

Structures already moving

  • Informal authority
  • Customary leaders
  • Ward structures
Host communities reorganise around a project whether the organogram names them or not. Dual governance has to be designed, not hoped for.

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