Governance has lower (or different) expectations than discipline.
Governance has lower (or different) expectations than trustworthiness.
Governance involves asymmetry, limitations, tolerate covert untrustworthiness.
Discipline involves symmetry, ambitions, and demands overt trustworthiness.
Governance is often not trustworthy.
Trustworthiness is competence AND honesty AND dependability AND benevolence.
Governance tolerates incompetence AND dishonesty AND low dependability AND malevolence.
So, while governance, discipline, and trustworthiness have a lot in common, their differences are critical.
I agree that stronger governance does not equate to better decisions which leads to better outcomes.
My point of view is that ...
1) Strong discipline leads to better decisions which leads to better outcomes
2) High trustworthiness leads to better decisions which leads to better outcomes
Here in 2026, we are tethered to software methodologies.
Someday, we might consider a trustworthiness methodology.
But not yet. Nothing will change until the status quo is more painful than the transition. And the status quo of the job market isn't painful enough yet. The transition from software methodologies to a trustworthiness methodology is more painful. When the job market worsens, the transition will be easier.
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