11 Topics
Holacracy in Indonesia
Hi, all: Just wanted to chime in here, just in case there are fellow enthusiasts in the same area (Jakarta, Indonesia) We have been implementing Holacracy for the past 2 years with lots of challenges :). Talking with a group of people in this...
09/22/2015
Who decides which system a circle will use ?
Hi, all: There is one thing that I've been uncomfortable with and thought I get the opinions of others here. As a Lead Link for one of our circles, I decided that we will use Scrum for execution, even though the circle isn't a developer circle. There has been a pushback on using scrum from some ...
01/31/2016
Medium moving beyond Holacracy - Lessons ?
Hi, all: Just found this article on Medium . In this article, Andy Doyle of Medium wrote that they are now dropping Holacracy. I thought it would be a good idea for us to find out a little about this and get some lessons out of it, that, if valid, can be used to evolve Holacracy better in future ...
03/05/2016
Core Circle Members with no roles ?
Hi, all: I was going over the section on Core Circle Member in the constitution and realized I didn't quite understand article 2.3.4: 2.3.4 Special Appointments of Core Members The Lead Link of a Circle may specially appoint additional persons to serve as Core Circle Members of a Circle, beyond t...
04/11/2016
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Referring to a lead link
Hi, Jean: In theory, we could set a detailed policy describing the steps to do every single accountability of a particular role, as long as all circle members consent to it.However, in this scenario, we are probably taking away too much autonomy of the role filler to choose what's best. I wonder ...
09/28/2015
Strategy App
Hi, George: I haven't heard or seen a Strategy App. However, Holacracy One has a Strategy Policy set at the GCC Circle level. I've cut and pasted the strategy policy below: Policy: Strategy Meeting ProcessPer the Board-specified Constitution amendment, the following "Strategy Meeting" process sh...
10/17/2015
Adapting the old structure
Hi, Carlos:If I understand correctly, in the old structure, you have a team that serve two purposes at the same time: care and dissemination.You'd like to convert this team to circles.Why not just create one circle with the purpose of care and dissemination for starter and have all members of the...
11/20/2015
Introducing New Hires to Holacracy
Hi, Adrienne:Beyond the training(s), we are currently putting "Processed at least one tension in governance and tactical" in a badge and we require, through an onboarding policy, that that badge be acquired before they can complete their orientation.Perhaps it can help a little to nudge new hires...
02/08/2016
Who decides which system a circle will use ?
Thanks a lot Olivier! That's super clear Initially, it was something that I introduced and I thought I could act from the "Lead Link handles all undelegated accountabilities" clause, and then just waited if anyone had tensions and wanted a specific role or policy for this. I then created the ro...
02/04/2016
Who decides which system a circle will use ?
Hi, Sergey:Yes, this is an area where I'm trying to get a better balance in I suppose it's me being impatient. I love the whole self organization concept, but sometimes, at least for me, it seems like I kind of have to "force" people to break free from the old mindset, but in doing so, I'm also...
02/05/2016
Resources for DIYers
Hi, Chris:I think a simulation board game or something like that would be really helpful, something like the "Playing Lean" board game. It will be more fun for the audience rather than trying to imagine things, and we can go over critical concepts through the simulated cases on the board game.
02/05/2016
"Are you trying to help...the Circle?"
Hi, Fred:I believe the reason for this isnthat there is already a role that is reaponsible for the whole circle -> the Lead Link.The objector can bring it to the lead link to introduce a new tension to fix this if the Lead Link believes it is harming or moving the circle backwards. The Lead L...
02/23/2016
Interrupting the Facilitator
Hi, Keith:Adding my thoughts a little to this. I find it really tough to break old habits of "doing the work" right then and there at the tactical meeting, because it used to be like that, and people have this feeling that if it can be resolved now why wait. It took time to adjust, and a lot of c...
02/23/2016
A few questions on practicing Holacracy
Hi, Mian Zhiang:In general, Holacracy gives you a way for every one in the company to sense problems/opportunities and participate in the evolution of the company. Required changes will be introduced by whomever senses the tension in the company and the evolution continues from there, again by t...
03/23/2016
Self-management vs Occupational Safety
Hi, Mikolaj:We are in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods Industry, specifically food, and we have our food manufacturing and food safety side.I assume that your question stems from the doubt that people who have worked well only under very tight supervision and carrots and sticks environment can all ...
08/26/2016
Circle Accountabilities
Hi, Karin:A circle always have accountabilities, which are defined in the super circle's governance.These accountabilities would normally be distributed to roles within that circle so that the roles can execute them. Since a Circle is merely a grouping of roles, circles can't by itself execute a...
09/09/2016
Role Names as Domains?
Hi, Keith:The role names sound like they are job positions which can and should be broken down to multiple smaller roles. I guess starting with those 5 roles is not bad. When the time comes, anyone in the circle can break them down further when needed.I would do a little coaching here as well t...
09/03/2016
Facilitator Circle Audits
Hi, [@mention:476716727643924128]:Don't have the answers, and am interested to hear some solutions from people who has done this.Just wanted to say thank you for bringing this up. It's right there in the accountabilities of facilitator all this time, but somehow it doesn't register quite well in...
09/16/2016
Facilitator Circle Audits
I'd be interested.I'm not in the states, though, so timezone may be a problem.
09/22/2016
Secretary accountability related to laws
Hi, Andrei:A little side observation:Dropping a proposal can only happen if the original proposer decides to do that, it can not be done just because objections are valid. In the integration round, the objector has to come up with a counter proposal that will still address the original proposer's...
02/06/2017
Secretary meetings planification domain
I have always thought that this is to allow others to also schedule meetings without having explicit permission from the secretary. Although if the intent was to distribute authorities, this doesn't seem to do it.The same question I guess holds for the Lead Link as well. The Lead Link's only dom...
03/04/2017
Tips for finding tension
Hi, Fajar:I found that, initially, except for a few outspoken individuals, most people are either afraid to say the wrong things and look "dumb" or genuinely do not think they have the authority to make a change or do not think it's polite to propose changes directly, bypassing their former "man...
04/23/2017
Gamifying Glassfrog
Yes.. Definitely interested in the Print and Cut Yourself version
Is there anything specific you still need to know or confirm from the game plays later ?
05/12/2017
Gamifying Glassfrog
[@mention:528792613988609658], great work ����!Can't wait to get my hands on one
05/10/2017
2.4.2 Assigning Roles to Multiple People
Hi, Fajar:You would want to have one role with multiple fillers with multiple focuses if the purpose, domain, and accountabilities are exactly the same all the time, with only the focuses being the difference. This way you don't have to keep changing multiple roles for the same governance changes...
08/01/2017