Reflections from the Singapore Gathering
At the FBN Impact International Forum during Impact Week in Singapore, I had the privilege of facilitating a session titled “Reimagining Prosperity: An Exploration of Decentralized Governance and Finance.”
The session brought together family business and family office leaders from around the world to explore a new question:
What if we could steward our family capital—financial, social, human, and cultural—through shared values, collective intelligence, and decentralized collaboration?
Rather than a traditional panel, the workshop was a participatory experiment. Participants stepped into roles such as Curators, Capital Stewards, Governance Architects, Advisors, and Observers—each contributing from their own experience, questions, and intuition. Together, we prototyped what a Family Office DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) could look like in practice.
The process wasn’t about improving existing systems.
It was about co-creating the new.
We began with a shared purpose:
“To enable collaborative involvement in the systems that sustain life by stewarding family capitals through shared values.”
From there, a powerful conversation unfolded around what it means to participate, how decisions are made, and how families can use decentralized tools not only to manage wealth, but to reimagine prosperity itself.
This Singapore session marks the first step toward prototyping the world’s first Family Office DAO — an initiative that will continue to evolve through collective exploration and co-creation.
All key insights, questions raised, and structural ideas from the session have been consolidated into the Family Office DAO Whitepaper (Draft v1.0).
Three key directions are emerging from this work:
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In-person gatherings — circles where family offices can experience and grow decentralized governance structures together.
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Building the first Family Office DAO — co-creating and testing version 1.0 with those who feel called to participate.
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Applying learnings to existing structures — helping families integrate these principles into their own governance and decision-making models.
The Singapore gathering was not an endpoint — it was the beginning of a movement.
A heartfelt thank you to all participants for showing up with open hearts and minds, and to the FBN Impact team, Andrew, and Jenaan for enabling spaces where this level of exploration can take root.
📄 The Family Office DAO Whitepaper (First Draft) is now live.
You can read it here:
➡️ Download the Family Office DAO Whitepaper