Keeping it current
Rules move. Who hears about it, who can act, and the months between the two.
Who Hears First
Somebody in the organisation always knows a rule has changed. The question is whether there is anywhere for them to put it.
From Adviser to Configuration
A change that has been received still has to become a setting, a document update and a rota decision, and the handoffs are where the months go.
The Standing Review
A half-hour item on an existing agenda, once a quarter, is the whole governance apparatus this subject needs.
Sources Worth Subscribing To
Most of the information an organisation needs is already arriving somewhere in the building, addressed to somebody who does not know it matters.
The Change Nobody Saw
Rules change in one country, the configuration does not, and the gap between the two dates is the period the organisation was operating on an old rule.
What to Do About the Period Before
A change implemented late leaves a period computed on the old rule. That period is a fact, and how the organisation handles it matters more than its length.
The Annual Confirmation
One email per country, once a year, with the row attached and a single question. It is the backstop for everything the standing route missed.