Talk given at Lean Kanban Central Europe 2016

1. HOLACRACY: NOT SAFE
ENOUGH TO TRY
JULIA CULEN

2. WHAT IS HOLACRACY?
„A COMPLETE SYSTEM FOR SELF-ORGANIZATION“
▸ An operating model for organizations, no managers, no
job descriptions..

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WHAT IS HOLACRACY?

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WHAT IS HOLACRACY?

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theory and practice are living at opposite
sides of the Grand Canyon.

6. How it all started

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how can we work together more
productive?
use the potential of our collective
intelligence?
create sustainable success?

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The results of our survey were challenging.
- unclear strategy & vision, people feeling
disempowered, work overload, bad
leadership..
So we started to discuss our structures.

9. In 2012 we
decided to adopt
the Holacracy
Constitution

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how should the circle structure look like?

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not specified yet.

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I became Lead Link in the Central
Company Circle

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meetings, circles,
role, governance,
tactical, roles, this
and that..

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Lets ask the glassfrog!

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People are now „role filler“

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complicated..

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trapped

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moving on, moving through

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because there were some good things:
- structure of meetings
- some practices..
- pragmatic approach: safe enough to try,
good enough to start,
- forcing people to exchange and meet
- - irritating old thinking patterns and
evokes new thinking and perspectives.

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getting lost

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energy bottleneck

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in 2013 I left
the
organization.

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don’t force new methods. Don’t buy them.
The shortcut can turnout to be no shortcut
at all

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organizations don’t function.

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they
live.

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we don’t need a social technology. but a
transformation of the mind and heart.

28. TEXTa clear mind and a safe space.

29. TEXTcommunication. listening. being present

30. how to transform organizations, systems,
cultures?
how navigate complexity, insecurity,
volatility?
how to engage people? how to create
organizations where people actually want
to live in? (yes, they are alive while
working..)

31. 1. becoming aware

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2. setting intentions

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3. creating new conditions

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new structures emerge out of a
different way of thinking, feeling
and intending