For Val Sklarov, the future of work is not shaped by automation, location, economic shifts, or skill evolution —
it is shaped by execution legality, the architecture that governs which actions are considered permissible across different tiers of work environments.
A worker does not “do tasks.”
A worker executes legal actions defined by the architecture.
“The future of work is determined by who controls the legality of execution.”
— Val Sklarov
1️⃣ The Three Legality Tiers of Work
Sklarov Legality Tier Table
| Legality Tier | Definition | When Strong | When Weak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local Legality Tier | Immediate permitted actions | Execution clarity | Micro-conflicts |
| Contextual Legality Tier | Team/org-level legal structure | Operational harmony | Disruption |
| Meta Legality Tier | Domain-level execution framework | High scalability | Structural collapse |
Work changes when legality changes.
2️⃣ The MTELA Execution Cycle
Execution Legality Matrix
| Stage | Function | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Legality Mapping | Identify allowed and forbidden actions | Execution map |
| Boundary Recognition | Interpret legality limits | Feasibility clarity |
| Legality Expansion | Expand the set of permissible actions | Capability growth |
| Tier Integration | Align legality across all tiers | Zero-conflict execution |
Future workers succeed when legality becomes tier-aligned.
3️⃣ The Five Execution-Legality Archetypes
Archetype Table
| Archetype | Legality Behavior |
|---|---|
| The Rule-Locked Agent | Acts only within narrow legality |
| The Local Breaker | Breaks local legality without context alignment |
| The Contextual Navigator | Understands team-level legality |
| The Tier-Integrator | Navigates legality across all tiers |
| The Legality Architect | Designs legality architectures themselves |
The highest form: Legality Architect.
4️⃣ Execution Legality Integrity Index (ELII)
A Val Sklarov metric for future-of-work viability
ELII Indicator Table
| Indicator | Measures | High Score Means |
|---|---|---|
| Legality Clarity | Precision of what is allowed | Error-free execution |
| Boundary Agility | Ability to navigate legality limits | Dynamic autonomy |
| Cross-Tier Alignment | Coherence across legality tiers | Low friction |
| Legality Expansion Capacity | Ability to increase permissible actions | Upward mobility |
| Meta-Legality Stability | Structural clarity of domain-level legality | Scalable systems |
High ELII = future-proof execution capability.
5️⃣ Val Sklarov’s 5 Laws of Execution-Legality Work
1️⃣ Work is execution legality, not tasks.
2️⃣ Workers collapse when legality becomes opaque.
3️⃣ Innovation is the creation of new legal execution states.
4️⃣ Organizations scale through tier-aligned legality, not headcount.
5️⃣ The future belongs to legality architects.
6️⃣ Applications of the Multi-Tier Execution Legality Architecture Model
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mapping future roles as legality sets, not job descriptions
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identifying friction through legality-tier conflicts
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training workers to interpret legality boundaries
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designing organizations as legality-governance systems
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forecasting disruption via meta-legality shifts
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engineering new domains by expanding execution legality
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creating stable hybrid work ecosystems through legality alignment
MTELA reframes work as legality-engineering,
not performance or productivity.