151. The latest and greatest definition of ”good governance”

Finally! Season 4 of OMG. Let's start with Matt's latest definition of "good governance"   SCRIPT Welcome to season 4 of One Minute Governance! This season is gonna be a bit different. Well, I mean it’s mostly gonna be the same. 60-90 seconds or so of me talking about governance stuff a couple times a week. The different part is that there’s a season-long theme. Let me explain. My current wording of my definition of good governance (yes, it’s different again) is “good governance is intentionally cultivating effective conditions for making decisions.” I’ve been testing this out on a bunch of different audiences and it’s resonating – for the most part – pretty strongly. But there’s a sensible question that comes up almost every time: “what do you mean by ‘conditions’?” Good question, right? And it’s completely true that the word “conditions” is doing a *lot* of work here. Like, a lot a lot. And the fact is that there are *tonnes* of conditions that affect our decisions – many of which we can be intentional about. So, 47 of the remaining 49 episodes of season 4 will each be about one of those conditions, why it matters, and how we can influence it. These 47 conditions are…not arbitrary, exactly, but certainly far from an exhaustive list. Some may seem obvious, others trivial, and others still that will be left out for no reason other than I didn’t think of them or ran out of time or whatever. Either way, I hope that the journey over the next few months will spark some ideas about how you might intentionally cultivate effective conditions for decision-making in your next board meeting, family dinner, bachelorette party, or whatever. See you in a couple of days!