Operating Principles

My name is Patrice Kenmoé, I’m 47 years old. Born in Lyon, of Bamilékés ethnicity, I’ve lived in six countries.

At 23 I was studying English at Paris-NanterreUniversity while taking an introductory Dutch course. I replied to a Dutch student's home-swap offer, living in her Amsterdam room while she stayed in my studio near Paris.

At 25 while living in Vichy I met a German woman on an intensive French course who invited me for a brief holiday; the visit stretched to about eight months, during which I mainly worked on a construction site and also taught French.

In Mannheim I felt no hostile or curious looks—only the freedom of being an ordinary person. Surrounded by well-travelled, open people, I was viewed in conversation as an articulate, intelligent Frenchman rather than through a “Black” label.

From that time I realised that living abroad would become part of my journey: it revealed new opportunities, and returning home became merely a brief pause before I set off again to explore fresh perspectives.

At 27 I returned to the Netherlands and worked in several call centres. Nearing thirty (age 28) I began IT training to give my career structure.

At 29 I was hired by HP me near Barcelona before I had even finished the course.

From the very first weeks, I felt a deep sense of alienation. I had set a clear objective: 5 continuous years in IT, to build a solid CV in the absence of college degree. I spent 2.5 years abroad in operational roles, then 2 years in Paris working in tech services.

In 2011, I was nearly 35. Without responsibilities, I had no reason to endure more. Had I stayed, I would have fallen into quiet desperation , where suffering ends up expelled as violence. So I walked away—without notice.

35–45 sequence

In 2012, I entered what I would later call my 35–45 sequence: a phase of rejection — first of the corporate world, then the welfare state. My first move was Berlin, driven by a search for peace of mind, away from status games and toxic patterns.

• Personal Development : search for the meaning of life and the discovery of one’s personal mission — understanding who I am, why I’m here, and how to consciously design a fulfilling future
• Venture Logic : escaping subordination through wealth, speed, and radical autonomy — intense short-term effort, permissionless creation, and the freedom to invent something truly new
• System Decryption : understanding political, economic, social, historical, and geopolitical structures — decoding reality to navigate it consciously and resist invisible conditioning

At 32, right after the 2008 crisis, I began questioning the structures of power.

Power Structures

Before any “growth,” I had already begun reading extensively on geopolitics, economic systems, and power structures during my final years in France I needed to understand the architecture of constraint. As early as age 33, I had already started to decode the political, economic and social architecture around me — the first axis of thought I would later define as System Decryption.. I spent years decoding power systems—politics, media, finance, welfare—until I saw how consent was manufactured. It wasn’t paranoia. It was self-defense.

Building Reality

I didn’t want guidance. I wanted to build my own compass. I believed there had to be a way—through reading, trial, and structure—to design a protocol for life. I wasn’t looking for spiritual peace. I was looking for clarity, autonomy, and inner leverage.