---
title: "Governance Theatre"
number: 22
date: 2026-03-04
url: https://trevin.co/writing/governance-theatre
standfirst: "Most organisations are not under-governed, they are under-decided."
topics: ["Decision governance"]
---
# Governance Theatre

Most organisations are not under-governed, they are under-decided.

Most organisations aren't under-governed.

They're under-decided.

Across leadership teams, governance often looks busy.

Committees meet.

Templates exist.

Approvals circulate.

And decisions still drift.

This isn't a process failure.

It's an outcome failure.

**Good governance shortens decisions.**

It doesn't obscure them.