# A stakeholder map

An example stakeholder map for a made-up decision: a town council weighing a private redevelopment of its library. Who decides, who is allied, who opposes, and what is only rumoured.

Source: https://netgraf.isik.co/m/stakeholder-map
Kind: Fictional
Summary: 18 nodes, 25 relationships
Structure: average 2.8 connections each, 16% of the possible ties drawn, 4 communities

## People & organizations (18)

- Library redevelopment, The decision
- Riverside Town Council, Decides in March
- Mayor Ruth Adeyemi, For the scheme
- Cllr Tom Hale, Planning committee chair, undecided
- Priya Nair, Head of finance
- Cllr Jo Park, Riverside ward, against
- Central Library, The building at stake
- Sam Okafor, Library director
- Friends of the Library, Volunteer group
- Library staff union, Worried about jobs
- Lee Morgan, Union rep
- Harbourline Developments, Proposes flats and a new library
- Mark Ellis, Chief executive, Harbourline
- Studio Wren, Architects
- Regional Arts Fund, Possible co-funder
- Riverside Residents' Association, Against the scheme
- Alma Reyes, Chair, Residents' Association
- Dan Cole, Local newspaper

## Relationships (25)

- Mayor Ruth Adeyemi -> Riverside Town Council: leads (business, confirmed)
- Cllr Tom Hale -> Riverside Town Council: chairs the planning committee of (business, confirmed)
- Priya Nair -> Riverside Town Council: head of finance at (business, confirmed)
- Sam Okafor -> Central Library: runs (business, confirmed)
- Riverside Town Council -> Central Library: funds (business, confirmed)
- Riverside Town Council -> Library redevelopment: decides on (business, confirmed)
- Harbourline Developments -> Library redevelopment: proposes (business, confirmed)
- Mark Ellis -> Harbourline Developments: runs (business, confirmed)
- Studio Wren -> Harbourline Developments: designs for (business, confirmed)
- Regional Arts Fund -> Library redevelopment: may co-fund (business, reported)
- Lee Morgan -> Library staff union: represents (business, confirmed)
- Library staff union -> Central Library: represents the staff of (business, confirmed)
- Riverside Residents' Association -> Library redevelopment: opposes (conflict, confirmed)
- Alma Reyes -> Riverside Residents' Association: chairs (business, confirmed)
- Friends of the Library -> Central Library: volunteers for (social, confirmed)
- Cllr Jo Park -> Riverside Residents' Association: backs (social, reported)
- Cllr Jo Park -> Riverside Town Council: sits on (business, confirmed)
- Mayor Ruth Adeyemi and Mark Ellis: old university friends (social, rumored)
- Cllr Tom Hale and Priya Nair: close allies (social, reported)
- Sam Okafor and Friends of the Library: works closely with (social, confirmed)
- Lee Morgan and Sam Okafor: negotiating with (conflict, confirmed)
- Dan Cole -> Alma Reyes: source for (social, reported)
- Dan Cole -> Mayor Ruth Adeyemi: has been critical of (conflict, confirmed)
- Priya Nair -> Regional Arts Fund: applied to (business, confirmed)
- Cllr Jo Park and Mayor Ruth Adeyemi: opposes on this (conflict, confirmed)

## Tour (5 steps)

1. One decision sits at the centre: whether the council lets a developer rebuild the central library.
2. The council decides, but the planning chair is undecided, and his closest ally holds the budget.
3. The opposition is organised: the residents' association, a ward councillor who backs it, and a reporter who talks to its chair.
4. The line style is the confidence. The mayor's friendship with the developer's chief executive is dotted: rumoured, not confirmed.
5. Size the map by who holds it together, and the people to talk to first stand out.