Category: Methods
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Holakrati, holokrati och sociokrati
Carl Blomberg, som driver bloggen Agil HR, twittrade häromdagen om Holacracy at Adscale Laboratories: Agile for the Entire Organization. Det väckte min uppmärksamhet och fick mig att titta närmare på holakrati (eng holacracy). Jag googlade och hittade en introduktion till holakrati skriven av upphovsmannen Brian Robertson själv. Man kan säga att holakrati är ett sätt…
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Holacracy
Holacracy (not holocracy) is a company trademark of HolacracyOne. Holacracy includes several practices which are based on sociocracy. Sociocratic practices which are adopted by holacracy are: Circle organization Double linking Decision by integrative emergence Dynamic steering Integrative elections There is a US Patent Application on Holacracy which has been abandoned: Method for Structuring and Controlling…
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Sociocracy
Sociocracy is a consent (not consensus) based governance approach. Gerard Endenburg, who developed sociocracy, came up with four main guiding principles to form sociocratic organizations: Governance by concent Circle organization Double linking Elections by consent There are some additional agreements besides the four main principles: No secrets may be kept Everything is open to discussion…
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Large Group Methods
I have hosted many different kinds of meetings and workshops over the years. They have been from half a day up to a full week depending on the situation and purpose. This is why I am very interested in the Large Group Methods which have been developed during the last 20-30 years. Wikipedia has excellent…
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There is no such thing as a “best practice”
Mike Rother writes in Toyota Kata that processes are an outcome of people’s thinking and behavior, not the other way around. This explains why just copying practices and techniques misses the point. It is not the practice which is important but the thinking behind it. A practice is always dependent on the context. What is…
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Future Search @ IKEA
Future Search is a an interesting large group method. IKEA has used the approach to redesign a specific product development and distribution system.
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Book Review: Future Search
Future Search by Marvin Weisbord & Sandra Janoff is a planning meeting setup involving the whole system. It has been in use since the early 1980s. I find the approach interesting since it flattens hierarchies, broaden the lines of communication, and encourages a dialogue born from the deep knowledge in each person in the system. The…