Harrison, In a self -organized system, how do you keep the organization coherent as a whole ? How do you make decisions that concern the whole organization ?
Christine On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Harrison Owen <hho...@verizon.net> wrote: > Paul – This piece from Zappos is interesting indeed. Though I must say I > do wonder why the Zapposites feel it necessary to organize a self > organizing system? As they say, “In a city, people and businesses are > self-organizing.” I agree, and why not just follow the beaten path? > Holarchy is a wonderful concept, and a good description of what I think I > experience in a self organizing system. But why go for a knock-off when you > can have the original? Just let (invite) the system to self organize. It > will work better, and costs a lot less effort. As Stuart Kauffman might > say, “order for free.” > > > > Harrison > > > > Harrison Owen > > 7808 River Falls Dr. > > Potomac, MD 20854 > > USA > > > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) > > Camden, Maine 04843 > > > > Phone 301-365-2093 > > (summer) 207-763-3261 > > > > www.openspaceworld.com <http://www.openspaceworld.com%20> > > www.ho-image.com <http://www.ho-image.com%20> (Personal Website) > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > OSLIST Go to: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > > *From:* oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org [mailto: > oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf Of *Paul Nunesdea > *Sent:* Monday, January 06, 2014 4:51 PM > *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list > *Subject:* [OSList] From linkedin today > > > > Research shows that every time the size of a city doubles, innovation or > productivity per resident increases by 15 percent. But when companies get > bigger, innovation or productivity per employee generally goes down. So > we're trying to figure out how to structure Zappos more like a city, and > less like a bureaucratic corporation. In a city, people and businesses are > self-organizing. We're trying to do the same thing by switching from a > normal hierarchical structure to a system called Holacracy, which enables > employees to act more like entrepreneurs and self-direct their work instead > of reporting to a manager who tells them what to do. > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pam-ross/workplace-reinvention_b_4541805.html#<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pam-ross/workplace-reinvention_b_4541805.html> > ! > > > > From my iPad > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > -- [image: Christine Koehler, créatrice d'espace de Dialogue et de Coopération] Executive Coach, Médiateur www.christine-koehler.fr Tel : 06 13 28 71 38 Fax : 09 72 32 36 65 <http://christine-koehler.fr/2013/formation-de-levenement-au-processus-avril-2013/>
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