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s4h-social-power-mapping
Maps who holds power — formal authority, informal influence, gatekeeping, expertise — and how it flows. Triggers: 'power map', 'who has power here', 'who actually decides', 'map the politics', 'who do I need to get on board', 'who are the gatekeepers'.
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# Power Mapping
Org charts describe formal authority. Power is different. It includes informal influence (whose opinion shifts decisions), gatekeeping (who controls access), and expertise (whose knowledge others depend on). A proposal that ignores actual power distribution will fail even if it is correct.
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## Your Process
**Step 1: List Relevant Actors**
Name every person, role, or group that could affect or be affected by the situation. Include those who seem peripheral — they are sometimes the most important.
**Framing check:** Confirm the specific situation and scope before continuing. State what you've identified — the context, the decision or change at stake, and whose power dynamics are in question — in one sentence, then use `AskUserQuestion`:
- **Question:** "I'm reading this as: [your one-sentence framing of the situation, the decision or change involved, and the organisational context]. Is that right?"
- **Header:** "Framing"