Discover how weak governance and selfish interests drive inequality, division, and dysfunction in politics, business, and society. How do insiders quietly sabotage our institutions and turn collaboration into exploitation and conflict?

In this video, we use a Wimbledon final to illustrate how competition and cooperation coexist within every institution. Just like tennis players must follow rules and cooperate despite competing fiercely, healthy institutions balance private interests with shared responsibilities.

But what happens when governance breaks down and insiders put their own interests over the group? Our social, economic, and political systems begin to fail. Weak enforcement and eroding shared values allow cheating and conflict to take hold leaving many feeling excluded and frustrated. Weak governance is an engine of oligarchy.

This third episode in The Shared Centre reveals the unseen dynamics that are undermining our institutions from within. Our series explores new ways to understand these challenges and why repairing the fragile ecology between private interests and shared obligations is essential to rebuilding a more prosperous and fairer society.

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