Holacracy is a fundamentally different “operating system” for organizations. Holacracy revolutionizes how a company is structured, how decisions are made, and how power is distributed.

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Holacracy vs. Hierarchy vs. Flat Orgs

Holacracy vs. Hierarchy vs. Flat Orgs

Actually, Holacracy is highly structured
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Olivier CompagneMar 18, 2014
Five Misconceptions About Holacracy®

Five Misconceptions About Holacracy®

Clarifying What It Is & What It Isn’t
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Alexia BowersJan 4, 2014
Holacracy Is Not What You Think

Holacracy Is Not What You Think

A Response to Steve Denning’s “Making Sense of Zappos and Holacracy”
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Olivier CompagneJan 21, 2014
Five Common Critiques of Holacracy®

Five Common Critiques of Holacracy®

Brian Robertson & Frédéric Laloux discuss the case against alternative governance models
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Chris Cowan, EdD., MDiv.Apr 26, 2014
Obsoleting Organizational Politics

Obsoleting Organizational Politics

Despite the implicit nature of our expectations, we often apply them to others as if they were clearly the right thing, and sometimes even…
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Brian RobertsonApr 4, 2013
Leadership in Holacracy

Leadership in Holacracy

I am frequently asked: "What does leadership look like in Holacracy?"
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BunchBunchBunchJan 12, 2014
Integrating Perspectives

Integrating Perspectives

How Holacracy gives everyone a voice without falling prey to the tyranny of consensus
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Brian RobertsonSep 20, 2013
History of Holacracy®

History of Holacracy®

The Discovery of an Evolutionary Algorithm
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Brian RobertsonJul 28, 2014
Rule of Law & Property Rights in Organizations

Rule of Law & Property Rights in Organizations

The keys to Holacracy’s distribution of power
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Brian RobertsonFeb 14, 2014
Thanks For All of Your Concern, But…

Thanks For All of Your Concern, But…

An Inside Perspective on the Changes at Zappos.com
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Matt DunsmoorSep 14, 2015
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“Is Holacracy our way forward or are we actually just making it harder for ourselves?”

“Is Holacracy our way forward or are we actually just making it harder for ourselves?”

It was a cloudy morning in Groningen; the sky was filled with ominous clouds. We felt somewhat overwhelmed when we entered Spindle and Voys…
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Energized.orgDec 1, 2015
Nils van den Broek: “Holacracy helps us to become the best possible version of ourselves”

Nils van den Broek: “Holacracy helps us to become the best possible version of ourselves”

In many workplaces you don’t really get to bring your whole self to work, or even express or develop your talents. For Nils van den Broek…
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Energized.orgNov 17, 2015
Writing Roles’ Accountabilities in Holacracy

Writing Roles’ Accountabilities in Holacracy

Common Pitfalls and Easy Fixes
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Olivier CompagneSep 11, 2014
Trashing the ‘i’ for ‘us’

Trashing the ‘i’ for ‘us’

Collaborating to inspire a better future
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Rosie ManningAug 13, 2013
Why GlassFrog is offering a totally free option

Why GlassFrog is offering a totally free option

Pretty early on, we realized that having software support for Holacracy® is crucial.
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Alexia BowersDec 7, 2015
A Holacracy-Powered Legal Structure 

A Holacracy-Powered Legal Structure 

One of the exciting things to me about working in HolacracyOne (the organization behind Holacracy®) is that we eat our own dog food, as the…
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Brian RobertsonFeb 12, 2014
The Limits of Company Values

The Limits of Company Values

Earlier in my entrepreneurial career I set out to build a values-driven company, where deep human values would shape the culture and help…
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Brian RobertsonApr 15, 2013
The Insanity of the What-by-When

The Insanity of the What-by-When

When you agree to take an action, do you also give others a commitment of when you’ll do it by (the so-called “what-by-when”)?
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Brian RobertsonMar 28, 2013
Why the Holacracy meeting process makes you wonder how other companies don’t implode

Why the Holacracy meeting process makes you wonder how other companies don’t implode

The past months we have invited people from outside our company to join our Holacracy tactical and governance meetings. Those meetings are…
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Ruben TimmermanJul 3, 2015
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Alexis GonzalesBlackSep 17, 20153 min read

Ditch Your Leadership Program and Do Holacracy

I’ve read a few articles asserting that the better solution to implementing…

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Brian RobertsonAug 24, 20154 min read

Holacracy

The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World

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Sabrina BouraouiJun 15, 20154 min read

The Secret Face of Holacracy®

From the organizational to the personal space

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Olivier CompagneJun 8, 20153 min read

The Holacracy Constitution v4.1 is Out

30% shorter and no more legalese

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BunchBunchBunchFeb 26, 20152 min read

Thoughts on Personal Prioritization


Everybody, whether consciously or unconsciously, uses a system to prioritize what work to do at…

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BunchBunchBunchMar 30, 20142 min read

Good Holacracy Governance  

What does it look like?

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BunchBunchBunchApr 27, 20142 min read

Prioritization in Holacracy


One of the great things about Holacracy is that each individual, in absence of direction from others, is…

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Chris Cowan, EdD., MDiv.Jun 19, 20143 min read

A “Manager Mimicry” App for Holacracy-Powered Companies

One Approach to Hiring, Firing, and…

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