When work gets stuck, don't add more rules. Install the "Minimum Units."
In organizations, teams, and even one-person businesses, the same problems repeat: work starts but won't move; communication explodes while clarity shrinks; leaders drown in micromanagement. The solution is not "more management." It is MVG: Minimum Viable Governance.
"MVG (Operational Edition)" is an operational handbook for building the lightest possible structure that makes a system workable. Ng Tick Kee (吴明序然) argues that to make any system move, you only need a set of Minimum Units?the smallest components that allow tasks to start, flow, hand off, complete, decide, and recover.
Core Operational Units:
- Minimum Structural Unit: A "Skeleton" of Role Boundary and Responsibility Line.
- Minimum Task Flow: Why tasks die without a clear Start, Next Step, and Relay.
- Minimum Completion Line: How to stop rework by defining "Usable" instead of just "Done."
- Minimum Information Flow: Single Home, Single Truth, and Relay Rules to prevent chaos.
- Minimum Rhythm: The pulse that forces work to surface, decide, and advance without emotional pushing.
This book is not for theorists. It is for operators. Whether you are a solo founder, a team lead, or a project manager, MVG provides the blueprints to stop relying on willpower and start building a system that moves on its own.
