Janne Korhonen has written a post on the anatomy of the agile enterprise. His message is that the future of governance is circular. I fully agree. What he does is to describe the dynamic governance structure which is based on the circle organization. I think he is absolutely right because the circular shape is central not only to sociocracy, but also to Large Group Methods such as Open Space Technology and The Circle Way, just to mention a few. I think this is what the shift in management thinking really is about – a movement from pyramids to circles. Do not let the simplicity of this metaphor fool you. We are talking about a fundamental shift in perspectives – from hierarchical pyramids to egalitarian circles, from centralized leadership in the top to distributed leadership everywhere. The circular form is absolutely necessary because it enables us to move towards whole-organizational agility. It is simply not possible to be agile in a pyramid. Only circles can do the job.
Related posts:
Sociocracy requires a new mindset
Scrum vs. Sociocracy
Sociocratic principles can be implemented in many ways
Sociocracy is a method, and still it isn’t
Implementing sociocracy without sociocracy
Sociocracy as practiced by the G/wi
Policies vs. agreements
Scaling sociocracy is all about the context
Unspoken sociocratic principles
Cultural dimensions of sociocracy
A prerequisite for sociocracy is a socios
Related posts in Swedish:
Holakrati, holokrati och sociokrati
Hur införa sociokrati i en organisation (del 1)?
Hur införa sociokrati i en organisation (del 2)?
Sociokrati är som permakultur, fast för människor
Sociokrati är som en skogsträdgård
Kurs i kväkarnas beslutsmetod, som bygger på att nå enighet kring beslut
En historisk tillbakablick på kväkarnas beslutsmetod
Sociokratibok: Idag publiceras boken
Några tankar om sociokrati
Min gästblogg på #skolvåren: Att organisera oss rätt
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