Hypha Reorganization Program

Metamorphosis by Philip Glass depicting and sonifying the changes Hypha is going through..

Purpose

The goal of this document is to start a dialogue to clarify the boundaries for Hypha and provide a much needed framework to focus and prioritize our work in the future. Hypha is currently facing increasing internal tensions due to a missing framework and inability to move the organization forward in a coherent way. As a result, there are too many internal conflicts that remain unresolved and too many opportunities that cannot be followed through. The outcome of the program is to further reduce coordination costs at Hypha by improving how we work, how we govern, how we pay, and how we transact through the lens of regeneration and decentralization. The Hypha Reorganization and Strategy Development Program is created through four distinct stages:

Re-sensing stage
Re-structuring stage
Re-prioritization stage
Re-building stage

Approach

The idea to reorganize Hypha to reduce complexity, strengthen cohesion and provide a true north for everyone to move towards a more effective organization that is not pulled into many directions and is able to focus on product development, knowing where it is going. This can be done through a process of decontextualization (strip out any custom elements) and recontextualization (apply customizations in context).

Value Transfer: Producer > Consumer > Producer > Consumer < Decomposers (Trophic Chains)
Value Creation: info ecology, autopoietic platforms, regen finance models
Value Exchange: revenue generation, pricing strategy, economic growth

Re-sensing

To frame the conversation, we start with a set of leading questions to help everyone focus on the important parts of the program. These questions are best discussed in a real-time session with key stakeholders of the organization, and each stage can have one or more sessions before moving on to the next stage.

Leading questions

Where is our energy? our motivation to drive change? make an impact?
Where is our boundary? our capacity limit? our level of execution?
Where is our next destination? our expertise to go there? our next local maximum?
What are our engines? our core products? our drivers?
What is our relationship to Seeds - the currency, the movement?
What is it that only we can do and few others can?

Re-structure

This stage is concerned with defining certain structural terms (e.g. product adoption), then revisiting the structural elements of Hypha - what lies firmly within the boundary (membrane) of the organization and what can be externalized?

Delineate current elements

Product development vs product adoption
Product configuration vs product customization
Product placement (global) vs product delivery (local)
Product promotion (brand) vs product deployment (reseller)
Human Relations && Human Heartbeat
Communications && Design
Finance && Accounting
Legal & Compliance (advisory)

Exploring structural change

After we have consensus over the terms, we examine which ones are essential for Hypha's growth. We then propose a potential set of actions to change our structure (these are examples):

Externalize product adoption && develop adoption strategy (adoption & growth model)
Externalize product customization && develop customization strategy (support & agency model)
Externalize product delivery && develop delivery strategy (meiosis model)
Externalize product deployment && develop deployment strategy (impact model)
Separate core product work from contractual work

Re-prioritize

After we have clarified which structural elements are critical for Hypha, and which element we can potentially externalize, we can move towards a strategy development program.

Sensing into boundaries

Difference between DHO and DCO
Difference between LW and GPP
Difference between PTM and SWAPS
Difference between DHO and DCO

Core (genesis apps)

LW (transact && transfer)
ID/PP (identity && access)
DHO (coordinate && reward)
PTM & SWAP (trade && exchange)

Extensions (first wave)

DHO Seeds Adoption Hubs > bioregions, academies, think tanks
DHO Organization Hubs > organization starter kits
DHO Global & Bioregional Village Hubs > village platforms
DHO Marketplace Hubs > marketplace tech kits

Assumptions

Hypha is paying for core Hypha work only
Hypha is funding first wave extensions
Hypha is focusing on token-based revenue generation (pricing, staking, fees, etc.)
Seeds is contracting Hypha for work (branding, consulting, developing, etc)

Re-build

This stage is concerned with the implementation and execution of the actual strategy and execution for the organization. It works towards concrete steps to get the work done outlined in previous stages.

Primary strategic elements

Participation in Strategy Roundtable
Boundaries for core apps and extensions
Revenue models for core apps (Livelihood Potential)

Secondary strategic elements

Branding & communication strategy
Banking and incorporation (Vast Bank & Wyoming DAO)
Hypha Archetypes (adjusted for new structure)
- Legacy frame: Development - Research - HR - Sales - Marketing
Hypha product metrics (focused on revenue)

Hypha Strategy Map

Hypha Strategy Activation

Background

DAO Landscape

PrimeDAO Case

https://primedao.eth.link/ (current site)
https://primedao.webflow.io/ (future site)
https://medium.com/primedao/its-time-for-dao-to-dao-coordination-8791ec78545f (DAO-to-DAO coordination, the only DAO thinking about it afaik)
https://app.pitch.com/app/public/player/05cff6fb-639c-4e24-8497-72e288fc60db (pitchdeck)