May 27, 2017
Holacracy
This week we tackle Chapter 6 of Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World by Brian J. Robertson published by Henry Holt and Company in 2015. Chapter 6, Facilitating Governance, puts the ideas and processes defined in governance to work. (more…)
May 20, 2017
Holacracy
This week we tackle Chapter 5 of Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World by Brian J. Robertson published by Henry Holt and Company in 2015. Chapter 5, Operations, puts the roles and policies defined in governance to work.
Robertson starts Chapter 5 by recalling the adage – slow down to speed up. We are being exhorted to pull back from the day-to-day work in order to improve how the organization is organized by listening to a diverse group of people. The use the structure of the organization defined as part of governance to do work is operations. Said differently, everything that does not fall into the responsibility of governance is operations. Operations are about using the structure to find a governance. (more…)
May 13, 2017
And welcome back! For those who are interested, The Frederick Half Marathon last weekend was great. I met my goal; I crossed the finish line, collected my medal and got to hang out with my family in Frederick. This week, we begin Part Two of Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World by Brian J. Robertson published by Henry Holt and Company in 2015. Part Two is titled Evolution At Play: Practicing Holacracy. In my opinion, Part Two provides readers with the nuts and bolts needed to use Holacracy. Chapter 4, Governance, takes all of the building blocks from previous chapters and starts to weave them together. (more…)
May 6, 2017
We are taking a one week break from our re-read of Holacracy (If you don’t have a copy, use the link to help support and defray the costs of the Software Process and Measurement Cast blog and podcast). We are taking the break because I am participating in the Frederick Running Festival. I will be slowly running my 4th ½ marathon and between the drive and festivities, the editing on this week’s entry is incomplete. (more…)
April 29, 2017
Holacracy
This week, we complete Part One of Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World by Brian J. Robertson published by Henry Holt and Company in 2015. Chapter 3, titled Organizational Structure describes the structural components of a holacracy. Chapter 3 provides the building blocks that allow distributed authority (Chapter 2) to function effectively.Chapter 3 provides the building blocks that allow distributed authority (Chapter 2) to function effectively.
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April 22, 2017
This week, we tackle chapter 2 of Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World by Brian J. Robertson published by Henry Holt and Company in 2015. Chapter 2 tackles why the consolidation of authority is harmful to the ability to nimble, agile (small a), and productive and secondly, why the distribution of authority supports an organization’s ability to scale. The argument in Chapter 2 is a central tenant of Holacracy.
Chapter 2: Distributing Authority (more…)
April 15, 2017
Holacracy
This week, we tackle chapter 1 of Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World by Brian J. Robertson published by Henry Holt and Company in 2015. Holacracy is an approach to address the shortcomings that have appeared as organizations evolve. Holacracy is not a silver bullet, but rather provides a stable platform for identifying and addressing problems efficiently.
Part One: Evolution at work: Introducing Holacracy
Chapter 1: Evolving Organization (more…)
