Brian Robertson created Holacracy - revolutionary management system eliminating traditional hierarchy, adopted by 1000+ organizations including Zappos, David Allen Company, Precision Nutrition. Author "Holacracy: New Management System for Rapidly Changing World" (2015) translated 15+ languages. Founded HolacracyOne, GlassFrog software for distributed authority, tactical meetings, governance processes. Philadelphia-based pioneer of role-based structure, tensions processing, integrative decision-making. Former software CEO who coded organizational operating system. Speaker on self-organization, constitutional management, boss-less companies. Visit holacracy.org, glassfrog.com.
2 episodes
In Part 2 of this conversation with Brian Robertson, Brian answers listeners’ questions from Twitter. Why does the Holacracy framework appear so rigid when other self-managing systems are more organic and flexible? What happened with Holacracy at Medium and Zappos? What’s the difference between Holacracy and Sociocracy? Why isn’t Holacracy totally open source?
Brian Roberston is the pioneer of Holacracy, a customisable self-management system used by over 1,000 organisations around the world. In Part 1 of this conversation, we talk about some misconceptions about Holacracy, complementary practices to Holacracy like Nonviolent Communication and Authentic Relating, and about Brian’s personal journey to achieving his purpose of changing how people relate to power.