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Chapter 4 of The Starfish and The Spider describes 5 legs of a successful decentralized organization:

1. Circles
2. The catalyst
3. Ideology
4. The preexisting network
5. The champion

Chapter 5 talks in more detail about catalysts.

Definitions:

1. You can describe a person or thing that causes a change or event to happen as a catalyst.

2. In chemistry, a catalyst is a substance that causes a chemical reaction to take place more quickly.

Do you agree that catalysts are important to decentralization initiatives? Why or why not?