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Library Theses Research Arguments Field studies Institute People Convenings

The shelf. Seven volumes, one per problem the institute intends to solve.

Three carry an opening argument and a confidence mark. Four are published as the agenda so the framing can be argued with before the work starts. Pull one out to read it.

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003 · Management Is Becoming an Operating System

Numbered positions on how work is changing. Each one sourced, challenged, and reviewed on a published date.

The register is the institute's memory. A thesis can be revised or retired, but it is never deleted; the previous claim stays on the record with what changed and why.

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Original studies that test a thesis against evidence, with methods and limitations published in full.

Research is heavier than commentary. Every study names the thesis it supports or challenges, the sample, and what it does not establish.

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Research 05 · The Agent Ownership Study

Essays, interviews, responses and field notes. Every one a claim someone can disagree with.

Lighter than research, still tied to the library. An argument that moves a thesis is linked to the revision it caused.

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Augment, don't replace · Jeff Wald

Theses applied inside real organizations, for two to four quarters, with the outcome reported against a written baseline.

This is where a position earns or loses confidence. Every field study ships with its limitations. Organizations are described, not named, until they consent.

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Moving people, not skills · a 9,000-person manufacturer

How the work moves from signal to impact, and the standards that hold it to account.

Seven stages, from noticing a pattern to measuring what changed in the world. Plus evidence, counterargument, revision and independence standards, published in full.

Fellows and contributors, listed by what they have authored, challenged, and revised.

A profile here is a record of intellectual contribution, not a biography. Challengers are credited alongside authors.

Working sessions built to test a live thesis, with the question published before and the synthesis after.

Small rooms, real disagreement, and a written record of which positions moved.

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Theses

The register.

Seven problems, and the system the institute would build to solve each one. Three are argued in depth; the rest publish as the agenda so they can be contested before the work starts. Every thesis carries its evidence, its counterargument written by a fellow who is not the author, its confidence, and the date it will be reviewed.

On the agenda: 7
Argued: 3
Counterarguments owed: 3

001 The Job Is No Longer the Unit of WorkNobody knows what work a company actually contains.Work Architecture Jeff Wald Public draft · v0.1 002 Judgment Is Becoming the Scarce ResourceOrganizations cannot allocate judgment.The Judgment Model Senior Fellow to be named Public draft · v0.1 003 Management Is Becoming an Operating SystemThe management layer has no design principle.The Management Operating Model Senior Fellow to be named Public draft · v0.1 004 Every Organization Is Becoming a Human-Machine SystemHumans and machines have no shared operating model.The Human-Machine Operating Model Open problem 005 Value Is Moving Faster Than PayCompensation prices the wrong thing.Value-Based Compensation Open problem 006 The Boundary of the Firm Is DissolvingThe firm's boundary is wrong.The Workforce Model Open problem 007 The Workforce Transition Has No OwnerThe workforce transition has no owner.The Transition Framework Open problem

Seven problems, numbered once and never reused. Each names a system the institute intends to build. A problem on the agenda has no thesis under it yet and carries no confidence mark. An argued thesis carries one mark for Emerging, two for Developing, three for Strong. Nothing launches at Strong.