The D-Project

When societies evolve, fairness must evolve with them.

Across sectors, new technologies and organizational models are transforming how value is created. Productivity rises, costs fall, and output multiplies. But here’s the modern paradox:

the faster systems improve, the harder it becomes to see where the benefits go.

That invisibility is the starting point of the D-Project.

It began with a simple question:

If our systems constantly create surplus — operational, informational, structural — why don’t we treat it as something visible, measurable, and shared?

We call this the measurable surplus:the value produced beyond what a system needs to remain stable.

This surplus is real, countable, and — most importantly — usable for public good when its flows are understood.

The D-Project has three objectives:

1. Make surplus visible with simple, transparent measurement tools.

2. Show how increased coherence across institutions creates systemic value.

3. Demonstrate that inclusive growth doesn’t require ideology — just clarity.

We’re starting small:a citizen policy lab working from a desk, a notebook, and a systems-modeling approach.

We will publish case studies, briefs, and visualizations showing how surplus emerges in sectors like finance, manufacturing, health, education, or public administration — and how better coordination strengthens society.

Not through slogans — through structure.

You can follow, question, contribute, or simply read along.

Everything here is open, bilingual, and intentionally easy to replicate.

Progress becomes shared when it becomes visible.

— RJ Blanchette

Founder, Dividend Lab