Clear decisions, made by the right people, in the right way.

When people know how decisions are made, they trust them.

Many of the conversations an organisation avoids are really about decisions: who made them, how, and who was not part of them. A clear decision-making framework takes that uncertainty away. We work with boards, executives and teams to set decision rights, delegations and consultation pathways that fit the organisation and the people it serves.

For First Nations organisations, and those working with them, we build in cultural authority: where Elders and community are consulted, where they decide, and how that is recorded. The framework is written to be used in the moment, not filed away.

What you can engage Buneen to do

• Decision rights and delegationsWho decides what, at which level, with what backing.
• Consultation pathwaysHow staff, community and Elders are heard before decisions are made.
• Cultural authority protocolsWhere cultural decisions sit and how they are respected.
• Board and executive alignmentShared rules for how the leadership group decides together.
• Recording and reviewDecisions written down, owners named, and outcomes checked.
• Decisions in contested changeA clear process for the decisions that carry history and tension.

Inquiry. Action. Maintenance.

The same three steps we use in every room, applied to how the organisation decides.

2. 1

   Inquiry

   We listen to how decisions are made now: who is involved, where they stall, and who is not being heard.

3. 2

   Action

   We facilitate the leadership group to agree decision rights, delegations and consultation pathways, and write them into a framework.

4. 3

   Maintenance

   We test the framework on real decisions and refine it, so it becomes how the organisation works.

Grounded in Be BRAVE Feel SAFE, created by Shawn Andrews