<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Institutions can outlive their founders because... > Institutions can outlive their founders because memory is transferred into procedures, documents, roles, property, training, and law. That continuity allows knowledge and capability to cross generations. Institutional stewardship is the art of preserving what deserves duration while keeping the system capable of correction. **Source:** [[livestreams/The Human Being as Opportunity — Institutions, Human Capital, and Reclaiming the Self - Workbook|The Human Being as Opportunity — Institutions, Human Capital, and Reclaiming the Self]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Institutions can outlive their founders because memory is transferred into procedures, documents, roles, property, training, and law. That continuity allows knowledge and capability to cross generations. Institutional stewardship is the art of preserving what deserves duration while keeping the system capable of correction.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-institutions-outlive-founders-system-capable-correction ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->