Global Coherence & Structural Impossibility Audit

Global Coherence & Structural Impossibility Audit

For boards, directors, and deans who suspect their operating model is self-contradictory but cannot prove where or how.

What we do

Over 8–12 weeks, we:

  1. Map your structure

    • Identify key units, mandates, KPIs, and shared constraints.
    • Represent them as a graph of units and interfaces.
    • Encode responsibilities, targets, and rules at each point in that graph.
  2. Build a formal coherence model

    • Attach structured state spaces to each unit (local objectives, commitments, capacities).
    • Attach boundary state spaces to each interface (what connected units must agree on).
    • Define precise “restriction maps” that express how local states appear at shared interfaces.
  3. Analyse global coherence

    • Determine where local rules and KPIs can be satisfied globally.
    • Detect loops of rules and objectives that cannot be satisfied together under current definitions.
    • Distinguish between conflicts that can be resolved by better execution and those that are mathematically impossible.
  4. Design minimal structural interventions

    • Identify the smallest set of changes to KPIs, mandates, ownership, or decision rights that remove the contradictions.
    • Quantify impact and trade-offs using your OR and graph models.
    • Prepare a board-ready change set with clear rationale and implementation guidance.

What you get

  • A Global Coherence Map: a visual and analytic representation of how your objectives, units, and constraints fit together.
  • An Impossibility Report: specific places where your current model demands incompatible outcomes.
  • A Minimal Change Set: the smallest set of structural changes that restore coherence.
  • A Board / EXCO briefing: a concise narrative and trade-off analysis for decision-makers.

Why it matters

If you give different units KPIs and rules that collide under shared constraints, someone will “fail” every quarter no matter how competent they are.

The Global Coherence & Structural Impossibility Audit:

  • Proves where you are asking your organisation to do the impossible.
  • Shows you what to change so that coherent execution becomes possible again.
  • Aligns structures so that portfolio optimisation and graph intelligence actually have a consistent model to operate on.