Holacracy Community of Practice Archive, 2015-2019 Community Holacracy Web Site
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Is "Tension" essential new vocabulary or can we use ...
04/21/2016
It's hard to teach people Holacracy. One barrier to understanding is wrapping your head around a bunch of new vocab. If a new word like "tension" adds some nuance not present in a common word, then it's an important thing to keep; if it adds nothing but another word to learn, it's better to stick...
Holacracy Vocab: Circles -> Teams?
05/23/2016
From how it works : Holacracy replaces the traditional hierarchy with a series of interconnected but autonomous teams (“circles”). If a new word adds some nuance not present in a common word, then it's an important thing to keep; if it adds nothing but another word to learn, it's better to stick ...
Lead Link vs Governance
01/10/2017
One topic that has always confused me is the relationship between these: From appendix A , the Lead Link has an accountability of "Structuring the Governance of the Circle to enact its Purpose and Accountabilities" From the constitution, section 3.1, , "The Governance Process of a Circle has the ...
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Objection cases which can be tested as valid when it's not, and vice versa
03/03/2016
Hi Dien,I believe you can rule out all three as "not valid Governance output" (criteria e in 3.2.4, below):"(e) Processing or adopting the Proposal breaks the rules defined in this Constitution, or prompts the Circle or its members to act outside of the authority granted under this Constitution. ...
Depth vs Complexity in learning Holacracy
04/18/2016
As someone who recently took the lead on bringing Holacracy to our organization (Snowdrift.coop), here's a couple things I've learned:Avoid Holacracy-specific vocab until it's absolutely needed."Issues" instead of "tensions""Hats" instead of "roles""Teams" instead of "circles"On the first day, ju...
Is "Tension" essential new vocabulary or can we use "Issue" instead?
04/21/2016
I will need to think on this a bit more.(Although that might only be apparent and relevant if/when you get through the initial practice phase and to a more mature practice.)Yes, we're certainly in the initial phases.tension" points to an experience - a feeling - where "issue" points to a thought ...
Cross-Link - good, bad and ugly
05/30/2016
FYI
Cross-Link - good, bad and ugly
05/30/2016
That's weird, the link disappeared when I posted.https://github.com/holacracyon...nstitution/issues/74
4.2.2 Attendance
08/28/2017
The relevant section has been re-written already in the latest development version, so this conversation will become irrelevant if these changes make it into the next published version. https://github.com/holacracyon...on.md#251-attendance