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CB.13:3 - Forces

ForceWorking consequence
Common work and local work overlap.Allocate the shared question without absorbing choices that can remain local.
Participation and decision effort cost time.Choose consultation, representation or direct participation to fit the consequence and available effort.
Formal authority and practical control can diverge.Recover both the valid mandate and the means to carry a decision out.
Affected people may be quiet or absent.Give them a usable way to contribute before treating the visible discussion as sufficient.
Stable decisions need correction.Keep ordinary work possible while providing bounded amendment, recall and challenge.
A new arrangement must begin somewhere.Its adoption needs an actual source of agreement or authority; the proposer cannot confer it by description.