KERALA RISING · FROM EXPORTING PEOPLE TO EXPORTING IDEAS 3. Phasing, with decision gates The rollout is deliberately staged so that the commitment is bounded at every point and can be stopped cheaply if the evidence disappoints. No phase begins until the previous one has cleared an explicit, evidence-based gate; a failed gate triggers a written unwind protocol rather than a quiet continuation. – Phase 0, the first hundred days. Institutional, not technical: constitute the three vehicles, write in the governance, appoint the board, establish the reporting line, and open coordination with the lead authority for the first outcome, whose head chairs that programme’s activation committee. – Phase 1, one proof corridor. Build the narrowest slice that proves the feedback loop and open it to real citizens in a single corridor for one civic outcome (cleanliness is the book’s suggested first proof, as the most visible). Tune the mechanics in the field. Gate: an independent, published assessment of whether the loop closed. – Phase 2, scale the proven outcome. If the assessment is positive, extend the first outcome across more corridors and begin the shared revenue lines. Gate: operating and revenue figures tracking the plan. 26