Working With Broken Systems
Working With Broken Systems
Learn how to get things done inside systems that do not work, without letting them break you.
This programme is included with Prominence Africa
Programmes are not sold separately. One membership opens the full library, every live event and the community, with new programmes added every month.
About this course
Part of membership
This programme is included with Prominence Africa
Programmes are not sold separately. One membership opens the full library, every live event and the community, with new programmes added every month.
Building anything in Africa means dealing with systems that do not work the way they should: government bureaucracy, banking delays, infrastructure gaps, regulatory uncertainty, and institutional opacity. This program teaches the practical craft of operating inside those systems without being broken by them. You will learn how to navigate, work around, build redundancy, and maintain your own integrity when the system around you does not. This is survival skill and strategic skill at the same time.
What you will be able to do
- 01Read how a system really works, through both its formal and informal rules.
- 02See where power sits and the patterns that keep repeating.
- 03Set up backups and a network of people who help you get things done.
- 04Document everything and use patience as a strategy.
- 05Tell compromise from corruption and know when to fight or walk away.
- 06Build with integrity even when the system around you does not.