The Trusting People Paradox of self-management
A: people can’t be trusted, they always selfishly look out for themselves. B: people can be trusted, we’re wired to altruistically help…
Startup therapy: fix a blow to your momentum by using tension as fuel
As a startup founder, you’ve either been there or will soon: a slump in your growth. It can triggered by growing too fast, a key team…
No more Policies, Processes and Rules in self-management with Holacracy?
When your colleagues all self-manage, who makes sure everybody adheres to certain rules? Is there some magic that does not require optimal…
Springest communication Rules of Engagement in Holacracy
This is a copy of our internal Rules of Engagement, updated when our Communication Clarity role updates them internally in our helpdesk…
Cultural observations on self-management and Holacracy in China
I had no expectations coming to Shanghai to speak on Holacracy, at The First China Organizational Evolution Forum. I was maybe too busy…
Measuring happiness as a KPI at a self-managing organisation
At my company Springest, happiness is not a goal in itself. Long term productivity is, and I believe one leads to the other. We do measure…
Using OKRs for Holacracy strategy and targets
Strategy is of course a keystone of management, so it’s also important in the organisational operating system Holacracy. Even more so…
Why you don’t understand Holacracy
TL;DR: because you think it’s a solution in itself, while it’s merely a framework for organizations to create them in an efficient and…
Medium drops Holacracy: how we dealt with their challenges at Springest in the past 3 years
Last week, Andy Doyle from Medium announced they won’t use Holacracy anymore to run their company. It’s great that such a visible company…
Why the Holacracy meeting process makes you wonder how other companies don’t implode
The past months we have invited people from outside our company to join our Holacracy tactical and governance meetings. Those meetings are…
Productive transparency with GTD, Holacracy and Asana — a guide through my setup
How our 20 person startup hacked Asana to support our Holacracy and Getting Things Done methods.
Why we’re adopting Holacracy as our organisational operating system at Springest
What does it really do for our 32 person startup?