People & Organisation
Board evolution map
A practical framework / model addressing this question: How should board composition change as ownership, company stage, and governance needs evolve?
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Board evolution map vs Culture evolution map
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Culture evolution map
A practical framework / model addressing this question: Which cultural traits should be preserved, adapted, or retired as the company scales?
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Use the board evolution map when people working on executive teams and boards are using different mental models for stage, required roles, and investor seats, and that difference is changing choices or coordination.
Use the culture evolution map when people working on organization and culture are using different mental models for trait, original purpose, and current effect, and that difference is changing choices or coordination.
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Board evolution map
- Apply the board evolution map to one current situation before explaining it abstractly. If the model does not change a question, reveal a relationship, or narrow a choice, the analysis is not yet useful.
- Name the live case. Write the specific situation to which the board evolution map is being applied and the decision, output, or behavior that may change.
- Set the evidence boundary. Agree the scope, owner, participants, period, and evidence source before completing stage and required roles.
Watch for
- Do not use the board evolution map as a label for a conclusion already reached. It is a lens for testing relationships around stage, not evidence that one interpretation is automatically correct.
Culture evolution map
- Apply the culture evolution map to one current situation before explaining it abstractly. If the model does not change a question, reveal a relationship, or narrow a choice, the analysis is not yet useful.
- Name the live case. Write the specific situation to which the culture evolution map is being applied and the decision, output, or behavior that may change.
- Set the evidence boundary. Agree the scope, owner, participants, period, and evidence source before completing trait and original purpose.
Watch for
- Do not use the culture evolution map as a label for a conclusion already reached. It is a lens for testing relationships around trait, not evidence that one interpretation is automatically correct.
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