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Holacracy and Cooperative Businesses
Hi all -- Does anyone know of cooperative businesses using Holacracy? I do a lot of work with worker-owned small businesses in NYC, and I'm curious to know if there if a growing practice community among worker coops. I would also love to do more to introduce the growing number of worker coops we...
12/28/2015
Could NYC government self-manage?
Hypothetical question. Take a look at a recent story on gov't (in)efficiency in NYC: http://gothamgazette.com/index.php/government/6216-city-council-deletes-one-committee-but-no-further-reforms-planned Issues include: 1) too many committees; 2) too few representatives; 3) tension around their fun...
03/10/2016
Self-managed/Holacratic creative agency?
Hive - I'm looking for examples of creative agencies powered by self-management/Holacracy. Think: advertising, marketing/branding, PR, design/illustration studios, video production. I wanna dive into the particulars of which roles can be reimagined or distributed & how - like, account managem...
07/25/2017
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NGOs in NYC or San Francisco
Hi Lucia -- It's great to hear about your fellowship and that you're helping OSF think along these lines. I'm also curious to know more about nonprofits in the NYC community who are adopting Holacracy. I'm hoping that the nonprofit sector can keep up with the private sector in this regard. Havi...
11/22/2015
Holacracy and Cooperative Businesses
Hi Margaux --This is great. I marked it down and saved this article to share with the coop community in NYC.Do you happen to know of any others?I had heard there was a bakery in the Bay Area, CA that uses it as well. Cheers,Michael
12/28/2015
Holacracy and Cooperative Businesses
Excellent! Thanks, Oliver. That's exactly it. I will reach out to them.Thank you too, Koen.I will keep an ongoing list. I think this is a fascinating intersection and something that's really ripe right now in the cooperative business world.
12/29/2015
Holacracy and Cooperative Businesses
Ricardo Nuñez posted:Hi Michael, Three Stone Hearth does use Holacracy and they've been using Glassfrog as well, but don't know if they've had official support or training. My democratically run nonprofit organization, the Sustainable Economies Law Center, uses holacracy as a template for our org...
01/06/2016
Holacracy and Cooperative Businesses
Margaux posted:Hi Michael, Here is the link to the video: http://igipartners.com/en/scar...cracy-implementationEnjoy!Thanks! This is a great resource to make the experience come alive for interested folks.
01/06/2016
Holacracy and Cooperative Businesses
Adrienne posted:Hi MichaelI am a worker-owner at Three Stone Hearth. We have been using Holacracy for a few years. We got initial help and continuing support from yWonderWorks Consulting, http://wonderworksconsulting.com/.Let me know if you need anything. I'm always happy to answer questions. Tha...
01/06/2016
Holacracy and Cooperative Businesses
Adrienne posted:I wasn't here during the initial conversation. What I have been told is that the traditional hierarchy of work wasn't really working. No one really wanted to be the "boss" per se. The people at SELC(where Ricardo works), turned the founders on to it. For about a 6 mo. to a year, o...
01/06/2016