Organizational design in physical space

I have recently relocated from Berlin to the South of France to further our expertise in organizational design within digital and physical spaces. I joined a project involving the “regeneration” of a small hotel in the mountains which is co-owned by my friends. They envisioned it as a collaborative space where individuals can contribute with work while enjoying a nature-based environment. Over the next few months I will apply the same principles, norms and processes of distributed autonomous organization I typically utilize in my work with startups (see DAO Consultancy below).

This is the first of multiple locations I plan to visit. In general, I expect these visits to provide us with a wide range of insights into the design and frictionless coordination of co-living experiences. In the future, this could help us start a project for the Deep Work community.

You can follow my journey in broadening these concepts from the digital to the physical world on my personal Twitter or Instagram.

What’s currently happening at Deep Work?

TL;DR (Loom)

• Operations

  • We recently had a chat with the founder of Urbit. If you would like to take part in a live onboarding and test it as a potential working environment for Deep Work, message Andrej.

  • Dissolving Deep Work Ltd. and creating a new legal entity. Nothing changes for contributors.

  • Distribution of profits will be decided together.

  • This month's payments may be delayed due to the new system establishment. Reach out to Andrej if you are missing payments.

• DAO Consultancy

  • More project managers and workshop facilitators are needed in the space.

  • Successfully completed the Gitcoin MMM project. Thanks Sarah & Sascha

  • Currently mentoring startups (Collab.Land, Hummingbot, Superset, GitCoin), open source teams (Bonding Curve Research Group) and communes (hotel in south of France).

  • Creating a "course-like" documentation as educational material and onboarding for Deep Teams (current notes here).

• Deep Work Studio

  • Planning to update the branding process. Thanks Balint (+everyone who participated)

• Software

  • Deep Teams could be beneficial for communes and living spaces, planning to introduce it to a few more places over the next few months. Also, WalletConnect for payments now works for smooth payments. Thanks Denis

• Awareness

  • Active on various platforms like Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/deepwork.studio/), Twitter (https://twitter.com/deepwork_studio), and adding LinkedIn and YouTube (Thanks Lucia!)

  • Invited for Aragon AMA on July 7th

  • Heading to EthBarcelona from July 5-7th.

• Deep Experiences

  • Coordinating around MetaFest Aug 16-18.

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Events we are attending:

• EthBarcelona (5.-7.7.2023)

  • Andrej and Justina will be at the conference and potentially hosting a private dinner. Reach out to Andrej if you would like to join.

  • If you are there, come to see the panel:
    Unlocking Decentralised Collaboration in DAOs for Sustainbility and Impact

    Date: Wednesday, July 5th - 12h05 - 12h50

Have a beautiful weekend and see you all soon!