Holacracy, another management hype? Practical perspective after 2 years.
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Holacracy… another management hype? (or: how we embraced control without control) Ruben Timmerman for Agile in Business, Warsaw, 23 September 2014
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Presentation given at Agile in Business in Warsaw, Poland in Sept 2014. About my experience with running my company Springest with Holacracy as it's organisational "operating system". Lots of practical tips and challenges, plus hopefully some demystifying the hype of Holacracy :)
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Holacracy… another management hype?
(or: how we embraced control without control)
Ruben Timmerman for Agile in Business, Warsaw, 23 September 2014
Intro: so why am I standing here?
What does Holacracy mean to us?
Phases in our adoption…
Why make the painful move?
Challenges to overcome
Was it worth it? Will it be to you?
You challenging me!
An Amazon of LearningHelp people grow
by discovering & choosing the right learning opportunity.
Ruben is about:
Learn, Grow
Optimize, Efficient
Creating Chaos
…or I’ll get bored!
Springest mission 1: Help people learn
Springest mission 2: Build a learning
company
Why Holacracy?
GTD
Scrum / Kanban
X Transparency
Hungry people
Tools, tools, tools
Data driven, KPI focussed, OKR setting
Daily (Scrum) standups
A promise, a reward, a wish and ambition…
What we hoped to achieve
The promise of
control
without
controlling
The reward of
learning together
The ambition
to create a
better type of
organisation
The wish to be a
more
rewarding place
to work at
Phases in our adoption
Already doing it!
Not really… not for
everyone…
We get it now!
We expect!
Mastering… 60-80%?
Practical Impact of Holacracy
Less bullshitting: shorter meetings
Clarity in roles: more accountability
Unified system: upgraded GTD
Project visibility: less synchronization
Less micromanagement anxiety
Did I mention: NO EMAIL?
1. Holacracy doesn’t tell you
how to run your organization
!
Fix: use process to create clarity
evolve
2. Holacracy tells you exactly how
to run your organization
!
Fix: play the game!
Fix: Address roles publicly & directly
3. Gossip & politics will be there
Fix: More focus on learning
4. Just play and lose, or Read the rules
5. People will still
“smell” managers
!
Fix: feedback!
6. When the going gets tough, you
have to suck it up !
Fix: clarify strategy
Fix: Beware of creationist managers
7. Creationism vs. Evolution
Fix: “Holacracy is not an experiment”
8. Staying positive in hard times
Confronting!
Great for growth
Is it worth it?
Ultimate in agile
Tough for slowing
