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Hypha Reorganization Program

This proposal has not been entered into the Hypha DHO for voting.

Purpose

The goal of this document is to start a dialogue to clarify the boundaries for Hypha and provide a much needed strategic framework to focus and prioritize our work in the future. Hypha is currently facing increasing internal tensions due to a missing strategy and inability to move the organization forward in a coherent way. As a result, there are too many conflicts that remain unresolved and too many opportunities that cannot be followed through. The purpose of this program is to further drive coordination costs down through a series of stages and decisions that prepares and positions the organization for much more to come while still operating  in the context of regeneration and decentralization.

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

Approach

The idea is to reorganize Hypha by reducing complexity, strengthening cohesion and providing a true north for everyone to move towards a more effective organization that is not pulled into many directions a once and that is able to focus on product development without too  many distractions. This process is done through disentanglement & decoupling (strip out any unrelated elements), followed by prioritization & rebuilding (activate a new strategy).
  1. Disentangle & decouple
  2. Prioritize & Rebuild

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Disentangle

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.

Sensing into Hypha

  1.   Where is our energy? our motivation to drive change? our North Star?
  2.   Where is our boundary? our capacity limit? our level of execution?
  3.   Where is our next destination? our potential impact? our next local maximum?
  4.   What are our engines? our core products? our drivers for regen growth?
  5.   What is our relationship to Seeds - the currency, the movement, the people?
  6.   What is it that only we can do? what and where are the needs? 

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Delineating boundaries

Inside of Hypha Boundary  Outside of Hypha Boundary 
Core Product Development (roadmap) Product Adoption & Exaptation (users)
Core Product Positioning (audience) Product Deployment & Delivery (accelerators)
Core Product Promotion (brand) Product Customization & Contractual Work (clients)

Strengthening core functions

Function Internal External
Human Relations && Human Heartbeat Sensing into the human heartbeat Bringing new people into Hypha
Communication && Design Brining clarity into Hypha Communicating what we do to the outside
Finance && Accounting Launching Living Budgets  Bringing new funding into Hypha
Legal & Compliance (advisory) Preparing Hypha members for this shift Formalities of registering an LLC and safe harbor process

Strengthening core apps

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

Strengthening partnerships

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

Prioritize & 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. 

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    Primary strategic elements

    • Strategy Roundtable
    • Boundaries for core apps and extensions
    • Revenue models for core apps

    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

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    Hypha Strategy Activation

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    Background

    DAO Landscape

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    PrimeDAO Case

    • 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 
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