The Five Rings of Governance
A framework for understanding participation, access, membership, responsibility, stewardship and custodianship within a living community or ecosystem.
Concentric rings describing how people relate to a living community — from participation and access through to stewardship and custodianship.
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The Five Rings of Governance is a framework for understanding participation, access, membership, responsibility, stewardship and custodianship within a living community or ecosystem.
It describes how people relate to a shared endeavour — and how responsibility deepens as one moves toward the centre.
Authorship & stewardship
- Created by Shane Williams.
- Stewarded through Frequency.
- Shared for widespread adoption.
- Evolved through inquiry, application and feedback.
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