Society · Governance
Successiongift
Before leaving a role, move everything that depends on you personally to institutions or successors
Definition
Mechanism
Before a leader or agent leaves a role, it lists what depends on it personally and moves each item to an institution, a process or a successor, by Handoff where control passes. The successor is left real choices rather than fixed paths, and the handover is complete only when no listed item still depends on the departing party.
Invariants
- Lists everything that depends on the departing party personally.
- The handover is complete only when no listed item still depends on the departing party.
Risks
Failure modes
Indispensability
the departing party keeps essential knowledge to itself.
Locked successor
the successor inherits commitments that leave no real choice.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Transfer control and context between agents
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
Reference