Inner Library workshops
Write to Kei Kreutler at contact@innerlibrary.net for an initial call to explore booking workshops.
Throughout my work, I've always had a deep interest in organizational systems. The concept of everyday organizational systems, though, is rapidly changing.
The theory of the firm suggested that an organization grows in proportion to its need for in-house expertise. Almost a century after its formulation, we have the ability to orchestrate "one person," multi-national corporations. This means interacting with dozens of other companies, agents, and service providers that enter and exit the boundaries of the organization all within the scope of one transaction. Simultaneously, we can imagine hundreds of thousands of people collaborating in real-time on one initiative.
Of course, this won't be without friction from the high levels of economic interdependence, integration, and resilience required for such abilities to exist at all. What matters most is how we thread a needle through these societal changes.
Patternship governance workshops
To navigate this shift, I've developed workshop formats that help organizations explore how they'll evolve over time, whether they're beginning, growing, or sometimes, ending.
These workshops result in different outputs depending on needs, including governance design, renewed organizational visions, and strategies for relating to emerging technologies.
My facilitation approach combines organizational coaching with scenario modeling methodologies, which guide organizations to imagine how they can change in relation to internal and external pressures. They can compare different decision-making systems, plan key transitions, and learn about context-appropriate approaches to tools.
During these engagements, I create shared "memory threads" using AI tools. Like an interactive, inner library of our work together, we build context spaces through collecting discussions, notes, and historical and cultural references. Organizations then own these memory threads that they can revisit in conversation at any time after the workshops conclude.
Engagement models and partners
Workshops take place after I've gained an in-depth understanding of your specific needs. These workshops then create space for collaborative thinking about possible futures, while grounding discussions in practical governance patterns from historical traditions.
Engagements can be structured as:
- A single exploratory workshop session (3 hours)
- A rhythm of workshops within a pre-defined timeline (typically 2-3 sessions over 1-2 months)
- A series related to organizational milestones (custom schedule aligned with your development)
Workshops can be conducted remotely or in-person with follow-up sessions available.
For larger collaborations, I partner with organizations like BlockScience, Hats Protocol, and Other Internet to complement my facilitation with their specialized expertise in mathematical modeling, technical implementation, and social research. This allows us to address the challenges of your organization from multiple angles.
Explore working together
Book a call: Write to contact@innerlibrary.net to schedule an introductory conversation.
Request a proposal: Share your challenge, and I’ll return a scoped pathway and timeline.
Background
I've always been interested in organizational systems, from participating in small scale co-ops to growing technology companies. I combined my interest in organizational systems and technology from 2017 to 2022 when I led strategy and communications at Gnosis in Berlin, Germany with a focus on DAO governance. While there, I co-created the Zodiac tools, an open standard supporting modular software for organizations, aiming to shape pattern languages for organizations into tools. Over $3 billion in transactions have flowed through the Zodiac tools, which are used by ENS DAO, Balancer, and others. Read about them on the MIT Computational Law Review.
Since then I've written, spoken, and advised on governance design extensively. You can read more about my background on my personal website keikreutler.net, where you'll find links to relevant writing of mine, including essays like A Prehistory of DAOs.
