Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.16 (962 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 162779428X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Too light on details Justus Pendleton I came into this via Reinventing Organizations. Though I had heard of Holacracy a bit before, I had never looked into it in much detail. I am predisposed to like this kind of book. I am a manager-of-managers in a high-tech company and I often feel like "there must be a better way".I came away fundamentally unsatisfied. This feels like a Cliff Notes version of Holacracy rather than something that would convince me to try it out in my company. The author (eventually) makes a good case for the governance meetings, . Changing Holacracy's Bad Press Mr Michael D Falconer If you live in Las Vegas…Check!Have an interest in management and business issues… Check!And know a number of people in the Downtown / Zappos / entrepreneur community… Check!Then you can’t help but have heard of Holacracy.Normally the tones of conversations about Holacracy, and in particular of Zappos’s ’embrace it or leave’ offer to their staff, mix wonder and an unbelieving shake of the head normally reserved for parents of teenagers. This new book by Brian J. Rober. "and they don’t like it. Most have at least a vague sense" according to Ian Mann. Research shows that every time the size of a city doubles, innovation or productivity per resident increases by 15%. When companies get bigger, either their innovation or productivity per employee generally deceases.“In today’s post-industrial world,” author Brian Robertson explains, “organizations face significant new challenges: increasing complexity, enhanced transparency, greater interconnection, shorter time horizons, economic and environmental instability, and demands to have a more
People romanticize startup cultures and their lack of structure, but it actually creates tons of anxiety and inefficiency, whether we have to build consensus around every decision, or deal with land grabs for power. The first reading will most likely result in a complete paradigm shift, and you'll gain new insight every single time you reread it, especially when interspersed with actual practice playing the game on a regular basis. In contrast, Holacracy creates clarity: who is in charge of what, and who makes each kind of decision--and there is a system for changing that, so it's very flexible at the same time.” Evan Williams, co-founder of Blogger, Twitter
Brian J. Robertson had previously launched a successful software company, where he first introduced the principles that would become Holacracy, making him not just a management theorist, but someone who has successfully implemented a holacracy-powered organization. . He lives in Philadelphia. Robertson created Holacracy and founded HolacracyOne, the organization that is training people and companies all over the
Holacracy creates organizations that are fast, agile, and that succeed by pursuing their purpose, not following a dated and artificial plan.This isn't anarchy it's quite the opposite. Holacracy is a revolutionary management system that redefines management and turns everyone into a leader.Holacracy distributes authority and decision-making throughout an organization, and defines people not by hierarchy and titles, but by roles. When you start to follow Holacracy, you learn to create new structures and ways of making decisions that empower the people who know the most about the work you do: your frontline colleagues.Some of the many champions of Holacracy include Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos (author of the #1 "New York Times" bestseller "Delivering Happiness"), Evan Williams (co-