Standards for how value actually works.
Value Lattice is an independent press. I publish the operating standards that define how value is created, proven, and realized: the reference other frameworks build on.
WHAT VALUE LATTICE IS
A press built to publish standards, not opinions.
Value Lattice, LLC is an independent press founded by author Michael Brey in Bloomington, Indiana. Most business books argue a position. Value Lattice does something narrower and more durable. It defines the vocabulary a field uses to reason about itself, then puts that standard into the open for others to build on.
The work begins with The Value Standard, a buyer-governed system for defining, validating, executing, measuring, and adjusting value. The name is deliberate: a lattice holds because of how its members connect, not because of any single one.
The lattice has three members. The Value Standard governs how value is defined, evidenced, and realized. Alignment asks whether the organization can hold one definition of value. Capability asks whether claimed ability is demonstrated ability. A value claim stands on all three.
Value is governed into existence, not persuaded into belief.
THE CHARTER
What I hold myself to
Five commitments govern everything published under the Value Lattice name. They are the bar the work has to clear before it earns the imprint.
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Publish standards, not noise
I publish the reference a field can build on: the vocabulary upstream of the frameworks, methods, and tools that compete downstream.
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Open by default
The governance systems I introduce are open. Organizations may use, adapt, and apply them with attribution. A standard no one can use is just an opinion with a trademark.
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Developed in the open
The work happens on the record. Concepts are pressure-tested, revised, and shown evolving rather than handed down as finished monuments. The thinking is meant to be watched.
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Evidence over assertion
Every load-bearing claim traces to a verifiable source, scoped honestly and quantified where a number belongs. No fabricated statistics, no consultant polish.
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Written to be used
Organic, personal, and easy to follow. One idea per section, definitions placed early, assertions over hedging: serious writing that earns each claim.
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The long arc
As this body of work accumulates and holds up in public, Value Lattice earns standing as a thought-leadership resource, by being useful, not by claiming to be.
THE BOOK
The Value Standard
How buyers evaluate, sellers differentiate, and real value gets realized. Available now.
THE BLOG
The Book, Extended
Every post extends a chapter of The Value Standard. Browse by act, chapter, or topic, and see how the ideas evolve.