@Icedcool - thanks for putting this together! I’d like to fully make the connection between this post and the GSE program post. What’s discussed here maps pretty neatly to the “2nd existential threat” of strategic alignment:
What is the shared mission?
→ How do we evaluate projects in support of that mission?
→ How do we support/fund these projects
It also highlights the dependencies between the two threats. Without answers to the above questions first, it’d be incredibly hard to figure out the right mechanisms for “contributors alignment”.
Directionally, I’d +1 the more distributed model over the departmental model. It’s been around for a little longer than web3 and we’ll be remiss not to learn from all the painful lessons that organizations that have practiced it for years have already learned. I’ve written a bit about this here.