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Free. Kits at cost.

Length: 6 weeks.
Price: Free; no kit.

Outcomes.

By the end you can (1) explain the five recurring causes of institutional failure (succession, money, elite overproduction, complexity cost, shocks), (2) compare 12 historical cases, (3) write a one-page succession rule and a treasury rule for a real organization, (4) run a complexity audit.

Weeks.

Week	Topic	Reading / activity
1	The record holders: Egypt, China, Rome, the Church	Case table; timeline exercise
2	Killer 1 and 2: succession and money (Rome, Ottomans, Kongō Gumi)	Bloomberg 2007 on Kongō Gumi
3	Killer 3 and 4: elite overproduction (Turchin) and complexity (Tainter)	Excerpts, discussion
4	Killer 5: systems collapse (Cline, 1177 B.C.) and Harper on climate and plague	Map exercise
5	The survivors: Benedictines, Oxford, Venice, Japan’s imperial house	Design-rule cards
6	Apply it: 12 design rules on a real group	Student presentations

Hands-on build.

A “Succession and Treasury Kit” for a real local group (club, nonprofit, family business): a one-page succession rule, a two-signature money rule, and a 3-format backup plan.

Research deliverable.

One new case study in the same five-part format (lifespan, revenue, succession, failure causes, survival mechanisms), with sources, for the Foundation’s public case library.

Scholarships for kits are based on need, merit, portfolio and service, never on photos or looks. All courses.