The Future of Value Stream Management

The Future of Value Stream Management

Where’s this all heading? 

DAOs

Is there a future where VSMgt intersects with DAOs?

What does a futuristic value stream network look like?

Human Collaboration models: Tribes -> Bureaucracy -> Digital -> DAOs

Ethical risks - worker exploitation; 

Optimization in natural systems

Can companies be too efficient? Jevon’s paradox

Externalities

Human motivation: creativity vs. friction

Increasing complexity of work

Increasing education and adaptability required

Increase in the number of humans not participating in the economy / on the margins of society

Waste in knowledge work

Lean as a way of exposing waste

Pain and fear as a way of rebalancing what we’re doing

How this fits in with x: 

Business

Tech

Strategy

Security, crypto/DAOs

AI

Key Takeaways

Visibility, Data-driven decision making, and the system of work

Collective and personal flow

The shared value stream lexicon