HOLACRACY: NOT SAFE ENOUGH TO TRY

JULIA CULEN

WHAT IS HOLACRACY?

„A COMPLETE SYSTEM FOR SELF-ORGANIZATION“▸ An operating model for organizations, no managers, no

job descriptions..

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WHAT IS HOLACRACY?

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WHAT IS HOLACRACY?

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theory and practice are living at opposite sides of the Grand Canyon.

How it all started

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how can we work together more productive?

use the potential of our collective intelligence?

create sustainable success?

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The results of our survey were challenging.

- unclear strategy & vision, people feeling disempowered, work overload, bad leadership..

So we started to discuss our structures.

In 2012 we decided to adopt the Holacracy Constitution

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how should the circle structure look like?

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not specified yet.

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I became Lead Link in the Central Company Circle

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meetings, circles, role, governance, tactical, roles, this and that..

TEXTLets ask the glassfrog!

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People are now „role filler“

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complicated..

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trapped

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TEXTbecause there were some good things: - structure of meetings - some practices.. - pragmatic approach: safe enough to try,

good enough to start, - forcing people to exchange and meet - - irritating old thinking patterns and

evokes new thinking and perspectives.

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getting lost

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energy bottleneck

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in 2013 I left the organization.

TEXTdon’t force new methods. Don’t buy them. The shortcut can turnout to be no shortcut at all

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organizations don’t function.

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they live.

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we don’t need a social technology. but a transformation of the mind and heart.

TEXTa clear mind and a safe space.

TEXTcommunication. listening. being present

how to transform organizations, systems, cultures?

how navigate complexity, insecurity, volatility?

how to engage people? how to create organizations where people actually want to live in? (yes, they are alive while working..)

1. becoming aware

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2. setting intentions

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3. creating new conditions

TEXTnew structures emerge out of a different way of thinking, feeling and intending