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Ensure that commitments made by commissioning authorities to act on process outputs stick

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What practices protect commitments from reversal when leadership or staff changes in an organization or government?

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What conditions allow commitments to remain binding when the regulatory or political environment shifts significantly after the commitment was made?

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How do we measure commitment drift, i.e. commitments that have not stuck over time?

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Public Policy & Law

Under what conditions is it reasonable to not stick with commitments? (e.g. does the reversal of a commitment require an explicit mandate, either through an election or a subsequent deliberative process?)

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Related Capabilities

Commit effectively

Urgent Commitment

Ability to commit to deliberative outputs and therefore, set up exit costs in case of commitment drift (e.g. reputational damage or stakeholder backlash).