---
id: "action-reorder-raci-to-arci"
type: "action-item"
source_timestamps: ["§ How Decision-Rights Tools Are Meant to Work"]
tags: ["framework-tweaks", "accountability"]
related: ["concept-arci-framework"]
action: "Use ARCI instead of RACI to prioritize the decision owner and prevent confusion."
outcome: "Clarifies the distinction between Accountable and Responsible roles and prevents power struggles."
sources: ["governance"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-governance"
originDay: 7
articleStem: "hbr-sig-48-decision-rights"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/07/what-companies-get-wrong-about-decision-rights"
sourceTitle: "What Companies Get Wrong About Decision Rights"
---
# Reorder RACI to ARCI

**Do:** Change the acronym from RACI to **ARCI** in organizational documentation, visually and conceptually putting the single decision owner first.

**Why it works:** clarifies the distinction between the Accountable and Responsible roles and prevents power struggles — see [[concept-arci-framework]] and [[claim-single-accountability]].

**Outcome:** a shared, unambiguous anchor on one decision owner.