Licensing

The core Requisite Pace material is published openly. The intent is to make the framework freely available for teaching, citation, adaptation, and practical use, while protecting the proprietary instruments and methods through which it is applied in advisory work.

What is covered by the open licence: The following materials are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0): published blog posts, essays, and articles on Requisite Pace; the published vocabulary of the framework, including its lenses, measures, and diagnostic questions; and conceptual diagrams accompanying the published canon. You are free to share and adapt these materials under certain conditions: Attribute “Mark Lancelott” as the originator, link to the source, indicate if changes were made, and share any adaptations under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence without additional restrictions.

What is not covered: The following remain proprietary and are not licensed for reuse without written permission: diagnostic instruments, facilitation guides, scoring rubrics, workshop materials, client-ready templates, slide decks, teaching packs, benchmark data, case libraries, as well as the application methodology and advisory know-how. Use of these materials for client work, training, paid advisory products or commercial certification requires a separate licence.

How to attribute

A standard attribution should read: Adapted from “[Title of work]” by Mark Lancelott (year), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: [URL]. This adaptation is also licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Trademark

Requisite Pace™ is a trademark of Better Business Design Consulting Ltd. The open licence covers reuse of the written and conceptual material, but does not grant any right to use “Requisite Pace” as a brand, product name, or service identifier in commercial offerings without written permission.

Licensing enquiries

For permission to use proprietary instruments, deliver training based on Requisite Pace, or licence the framework for commercial use beyond the terms above, contact mark@betterbusinessdesign.co.uk