Notes from the work
Our thinking on governance design, operations and the gap between the two, drawn from the work, not the theory.
Beyond the Flowcharts: The Invisible Work of Governance
What decides whether a governance system works is everything that happens after the diagram is drawn, in the unglamorous day to day that almost nobody sees.
Read noteSandbox DAO Case Study
- 1Built the System8 months of design before launch. Constitution, treasury workflow, compliance stack, legal wrapper, and a distributed team of 7 across 5 countries. The first phase of a governance system with a $7.5M budget over 2 years, and why it could not be rushed.
- 2Ran the System48 SIPs. 12 delegates. 4 grant managers. 2-week cycles for nearly 2 years. What running a DAO with a $7.5M budget over 2 years looks like from the inside, and the one lesson that changed how I think about governance.
- 3Wound It DownSIP-39 passed with 80% approval. 20 tools to shut down or hand over. Every active proposal individually resolved. The phase nobody prepares you for, and the 3 things winding down a governance system with a $7.5M budget over 2 years taught me.
What DAOs Need to Do Next
Why DAO governance stalls at execution, and what fixes it. The operational half of GovOps most DAOs skip, drawn from running a DAO end to end, on a $7.5M budget over 2 years.
Read note“Is the timing right?”
Cyril Forté, founder