We are all used to seeing organisation pyramidal charts that look like this:

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Here is another "model" I call the value net. I think value nets are the emerging new way of working. Each value net is made up of a mesh of various discrete value chains. Every individual (represented by a circle) is a potential member of this value net; everyone has something of value to offer.

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Individuals can choose who they want to work with, based on both their value offerings and who they are as people (their ethics and philosophy). The top-down imposed "corporate mission" is replaced with the laws of attraction at the individual values level.

A value net can be applied to a single business, a non-profit organisation, a network of professionals, a consortium of organisations, a large multinational corporation, and indeed to the global community. It applies where value is exchanged.