decentralising

Dispersing central authority

Decentralising is the British spelling of decentralizing—distributing power, authority, or functions away from a central location or governing body.

Governments decentralise by shifting control to regional authorities.

Companies decentralise by giving local offices more autonomy.

The ministry is decentralising decision-making to district councils.

governance

federalism

Divided governmental authority system

self-governance · democracy · grassroots · municipalities · councils · regionalism · power-sharing · delegation · jurisdiction · constituencies

organisational

flattening

Reducing to evenness

cross-functional · matrix · agility · autonomy · empowerment · collaboration · non-hierarchical · leaderless · horizontal · networked

distribution

dispersal

Spreading in many directions

diffusion · dissemination · apportionment · scattering · dispersion · proliferation · reallocation · branching · networking · nodes

localisation

regionalization

Division into distinct areas

community-based · place-based · neighbourhood · territorial · proximity · grassroots · hyperlocal · bioregionalism

technology

blockchain

Cryptographic linked transaction record

Web3 · Bitcoin · Ethereum · consensus · trustless · permissionless · open-source · federated · torrents · serverless

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Opposites
distribution of power/authority

decentralisingcentralising

Concentrating into one hub

centralizing · consolidating · concentrating · unifying · monopolising

spatial/physical distribution

decentralisingcentralising

Concentrating into one hub

centralizing · concentrating · consolidating · clustering · converging

Family

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