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A seven-pillar practice · Jacob Huibers

Sovereign frameworks for human dignity

One idea, held up by seven pillars: that human dignity can be defended at every scale of a life — from the mind to the state, from the table to the commons. This is where you discover the thinking, and how the pillars fit together.

Seven pillars hold up the house. Three stand as their own platforms; four you can explore here. Choose a column, or read the throughline below.

I — VII
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iRecord

The vulnerable

Coordinate care across organisations. Know who is involved with the person in front of you.

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The throughline

Dignity, defended at every scale.

Each pillar takes one scale of human life — the mind, the body, the people we care for, our work, the state, the commons, our culture — and asks the same question: how do we keep the person sovereign when the system grows larger than them? Read them in order, and the practice becomes one argument.

  1. VIILimbic LiteracyThe mindDefend your own attention. Recognise when you are being played — structure over willpower.
  2. IIINourishmentThe bodyFood, health, and the skill to care for yourself. Where House of Viridian becomes a table.
  3. IiRecordThe vulnerableCoordinate care across organisations. Know who is involved with the person in front of you.
  4. IIDIPWorkProduction redesigned for human dignity — so everyone can take part, alongside technology.
  5. IVStatecraftThe stateInstitutional wisdom, crisis, and the ethics of governing well. How the state serves and evolves.
  6. VIKeystoneThe commonsCollective stewardship of the buildings we share — Dutch principles, scaled internationally.
  7. VViridian ArtCultureAuthenticity and provenance carried across generations. Memory the market can trust.
The atelier

Jacob Huibers

Founder · six publications · Lisbon

Jacob Huibers is the founder of House of Viridian. Two decades of interim management in the Dutch public sector — from municipalities to national implementing bodies — form the basis for his six books and the seven Viridian pillars. He writes and works from Lisbon, registered under House of Viridian OÜ in Estonia.

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