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Read the organization. Interpret its authority.

Who decides, who answers, and what sustains the order. Follow questions through evidence and rules to design better institutions.

1,496projected questionsOpen scale mode
Fig. 01Structure, under an even light
DECISION ATLAS

Every card and what was recorded beside it.

Scale mode

Drawing the map…

THE WHOLE MAP

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Projected questions. A line links different analytical lenses on the same recorded scene, or marks a structural continuation across the organization.

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ARCHON

Decisions take shape inside structures.

What Archon pursues

Make visible the structure by which an organization decides.

  1. 01Information

    Who knew what, and when.

  2. 02Authority

    Who held the power to decide.

  3. 03Responsibility

    Who answered for the outcome.

  4. 04Exception

    Which exceptions were allowed.

Fig. 02The Scalae — decisions, one step at a time
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A question is only the beginning.