Governance Fatigue: Designing Better DRep Workflows
August practice report: where representatives lose hours, and which workflow changes recovered the most of them.
Key points
- Reported effort concentrates in reading, not in deciding.
- Shared summaries reduced duplicated reading substantially in self-reports.
- Fatigue tracks deadline density more than action count.
Where the hours go
Members reported spending the majority of their governance time locating and reading primary material, not weighing the decision itself.
What helped
Structured summaries produced by one member and shared openly, standing question templates, and calendar blocking ahead of known deadlines.
What this report deliberately omits
No recommendation is made on any active governance action. This report describes workload and workflow only.
What we could not establish
- All effort figures are self-reported and likely under-count reading time.
- The sample skews toward members who already document their process.
Sources and references
- [1]August practice survey (n=38, self-reported) - Source link placeholder
- [2]Workflow interview notes - Source link placeholder
Author
Hana Sato
Research fellow
Studies how representative work is actually performed week to week.
Reviewer
Amara Nwosu
Reviewer, delivery
Reviews process design and workload realism.
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Weekly governance workflow template
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Communication & Representation track
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