Module 07 · Transformation Committee

The problem this module addresses

A committee that only ratifies what has already been decided governs nothing. And an initiative with no prioritising body multiplies until it consumes the whole delivery capacity without moving a single indicator. The problem is almost never the absence of a committee. It is a committee without criteria and without consequence.

Content

Designing the ritual: membership, frequency, quorum and decision rights.
Explicit prioritisation criteria: public value, experience, risk and capacity.
A tracking dashboard for initiatives, with stage and declared blockers.
External participation, advisory and active, to bring qualified challenge.

Methodology

Setting up the committee, running the first sessions and gradually handing facilitation over to the organisation itself.

Hours

Recurring

Axis of the method

Governance

Audience

Senior leadership, the transformation core and representatives of the policy areas.

Deliverables

What the organisation holds at the end

Every NEXT C-LEVEL module ends in an artefact. Not in an attendance certificate.

Committee terms of referenceMembership, remit, criteria and rituals, in an approved document.
A prioritisation dashboardA decision instrument with criteria applied and scoring visible.
Minutes and a decision recordWhat was decided, by whom and on which evidence.
A course-correction planPeriodic portfolio review, with initiatives closed where appropriate.

From the book Agentic Digital Government

It is control exercised at another level: over learning, not over the plan.

Fernando MitkiewiczRead about the book

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