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Critical Infrastructure Decision Authority: The Minnesota Water Attack | Mind The Gap Advisory
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory The hack was on the screen for less than an hour. The decision problem it exposed is still there. On July 27, 2026, a public works operator in Braham, Minnesota noticed the town's water tower level falling. The well...
Building Decision Continuity: The Four Things That Actually Close the Governance Gap
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory Identifying the problem is not the same as fixing it. Most organizations already know where their governance gaps are. The escalation path that dead-ends at one person. The delegated authority that was assumed...
You Are the Continuity Plan: Why That Is a Governance Failure Not a Personal One
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory There is one person who knows the truth about your governance problem. It is not your CISO. It is not your General Counsel. It is not your Chief Risk Officer. It is your spouse. Your partner. Your family. Would...
You Disappear Tomorrow: What the First 24 Hours Reveals About Your Governance Structure
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory Run this thought experiment with me. You disappear tomorrow. Completely unavailable for 24 hours. No phone, no email, no Slack. No one can reach you and you cannot reach anyone. What breaks first? Not as a...
The Two Maps: Why Your Official Authority Structure and Your Actual One Are Not the Same
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory Every organization has two org charts. The one on paper. And the one that actually runs things. Most executives believe they are the same document. They are not. And the gap between them is not theoretical — it...
Who Is In Charge Right Now? The Question Your Governance Structure Should Already Answer
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory Three questions. Answer them honestly. What decisions stop when you are unavailable? Who has authority to make them in your absence? Do they know they have that authority? Most executives can answer the first two...
Key-Person Risk Is Not a Succession Problem. It Is a Today Problem.
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory Most executives hear "key-person risk" and think retirement. Succession committees. Leadership pipelines. Carefully managed announcements. That is the least likely version of the problem. The version that actually...
The Hero Trap: Why your most indispensable person is a governance risk
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory Every organization has one. The person who always swoops in. Always available. Always solves it. Always saves the day. That indispensability feels like an asset. It isn't. Heroics are expensive workarounds for...
The Disney Test: Is your governance structure built to hold without you?
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory Walt Disney used to leave Disneyland, cross the street, and watch. Not to relax. To see what broke when he wasn't there. That is the Disney Test. And most executives have never run the organizational version of...
France’s Quantum Announcement Is Not About Cryptography | Mind The Gap Advisory
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory France just set a clock. Starting in 2027, ANSSI — France's national cybersecurity agency — will stop certifying security products that lack quantum-resistant encryption. By 2030, organizations operating in regulated...