{"product_id":"a-practice-companion-to-the-art-and-craft-of-governance-and-leadership-companion-4-governance-at-the-threshold-9798246469293","title":"A Practice Companion to The Art and Craft of Governance and Leadership: Companion 4 - Governance at the Threshold","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Donald Innes Davies\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Decision Making \u0026amp; Problem Solving\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGovernance is rarely encountered where it is formally described.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is felt in judgement calls made without clarity, in responsibility taken before authority is confirmed, and in the quiet endurance of conditions that cannot be stabilised without harm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fourth Practice Companion explores governance as a lived condition rather than a technical system. It follows governance into the everyday realities of organisational life, where innovation emerges without permission, authority persists after certainty has faded, and informal power carries formal consequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStructured around short chapters, orientations, interludes, and codas, the book does not seek to instruct or optimise. Instead, it sharpens attention to how governance is actually carried: through anticipation without prediction, responsibility that adapts within living systems, and the sustained presence required to stay with unresolved work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey themes include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eGovernance as groundwork rather than oversight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthority exercised after assurance has passed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eResponsibility in living, adaptive systems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eActing before outcomes can be fully shown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eEndurance without resolution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is designed to be entered at any point, read alongside practice, and revisited as conditions shift. It sits alongside a wider anthology on governance, leadership, and complexity, while remaining complete in itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt will be of particular interest to board members, senior managers, regulators, practitioners, and postgraduate readers who recognise that governance today is less about control, and more about remaining answerable within uncertainty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47570609832087,"sku":"9798246469293","price":1129.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798246469293.webp?v=1774883109","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-practice-companion-to-the-art-and-craft-of-governance-and-leadership-companion-4-governance-at-the-threshold-9798246469293","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}