PS I would add that Open Space can be extremely operational as well. Seems that holocracy has more clear decision-making structure. I like the way a "circle" has two coordinators (or whatever they call them): one that is appointed by hierarchy and one that is elected by circle members.
John John Engle Co-Director *Haiti Partners* <http://haitipartners.org/> *Learn more about how we're creating social businesses toward funding quality education. <http://haitipartners.org/what-we-do/schools/social-business/>* ______________________________ Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/johnengle> Mobile: 202-236-6532 and 011.509.3136.6495 US Office: 772.539.8521 On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 9:00 AM, John Engle <[email protected]> wrote: > I like your comments, Greg. I think you're right on, on all your points. > > I'm on a monthly conf call with someone in Zappos in HR and I've > appreciated learning from her about their experience. > > John Engle > > Co-Director > > *Haiti Partners* <http://haitipartners.org/> > > > *Learn more about how we're creating social businesses toward funding > quality education. > <http://haitipartners.org/what-we-do/schools/social-business/>* > > ______________________________ > > Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/johnengle> > > Mobile: 202-236-6532 and 011.509.3136.6495 > > US Office: 772.539.8521 > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Greg Bloom <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am just starting to learn about both Open Space and Holacracy, but I >> actually think there are some misconceptions in this thread. >> >> Holacracy is *not* a framework in which ruling power is totally >> distributed among participants. There's still a head honcho; and at every >> level below, there's a group that defines the purpose and exercises >> authority over its subsidiary groups. Within that structure, groups are >> democratic and I believe self-organizing, etc. But it's very much a >> hierarchy. More here: >> http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2014/01/15/making-sense-of-zappos-and-holacracy/ >> >> Despite that, it seems to me that Open Space and Holacracy include >> similar notions about the world, but one is exploratory and the other is >> operational. Perhaps they could be practiced in a complementary fashion, in >> a way that relieves some of the pressure of the hierarchy. I'd love to hear >> more comparing and contrast. >> >> -- >> * gjb <http://flavors.me/gjb> * >> 202.643.3648 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> >> >
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