Evidence for the questions that are hard to answer from the org chart.
Our research starts with behavior in the wild. We map the conversations, choices, incentives, and handoffs that make a system work—or quietly make it fail.
Research brief / 001↗
What governance reveals about collective intelligence.
A comparative study of governance behavior across 15 DAOs, grounded in 59K forum posts and 4.8K mapped threads.
Read the research brief ↗Practice note01
Match decisions to context.
Why broad participation and good decision rights are different design problems.
Decision systems ↗Practice note02
Every metric changes behavior.
How to test whether a reward makes the intended work easier—or simply easier to fake.
Incentive design ↗Practice note03
Design the interface, not another meeting.
How trusted units and clear mandates help networks adapt without centralizing every choice.
Coordination architecture ↗