Flexibility Isn’t the Opposite of Governance. It’s the Proof of It
Governance and flexibility are often framed as opposing forces in enterprise content management. Governance is associated with control, restriction, and consistency. Flexibility is treated as variation, risk, and loss of oversight. When compliance pressure rises, flexibility is usually the first thing organizations try to remove. That instinct feels reasonable. It is also where governance often fails. In practice, the systems that feel the most rigid rarely deliver the stron
