By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 9 Feb 21
The making of an amazing online courseNati and I are putting the finishing touches on the course design for our guided learning program: Patterns for Decentralised Organising. I’m feeling totally jazzed because I reckon this will be our best training yet. In this post I wanna share some of the details about our pedagogy and curriculum in case you’re curious about how and what we teach.ApproachIn an earlier post I explained the pedagogical approach we were using for our face-to-face workshops in 2017, based on the neuroscience of learning explained in Sharon Bowman’s excellent book Training From the Back of the Room.Essentially our
The making of an amazing online courseNati and I are putting the finishing touches on the course design for our guided learning program: Patterns for Decentralised Organising. I’m feeling totally jazzed because I reckon this will be our best training yet. In this post I wanna share some of the details about our pedagogy and curriculum in case you’re curious about
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 12 May 20
Making your organization more resilient with self-managementWe are fortunate to support many incredible organizations — each with their own particular management styles — and it’s not uncommon for us to adopt practices from groups in the Loomio community.When we learn from the examples of others, we are opening up ourselves (and our organizations) to growth. So, today we’re highlighting the Ian Martin Group’s journey to self-organization, a way of organizing that makes your company more resilient in the long term.Self-organization in practice — Ian Martin Grouphttps://medium.com/media/6322a8ef1c5eec12311aa68c34a37518/hrefWatch the above video to learn:How a small team of six ended up transforming a company of hundredsWhat practices the group employs to make decisions
Making your organization more resilient with self-managementWe are fortunate to support many incredible organizations — each with their own particular management styles — and it’s not uncommon for us to adopt practices from groups in the Loomio community.When we learn from the examples of others, we are opening up ourselves (and our organizations) to growth. So, today we’re highlighting the Ian Martin Group’s journey
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 12 May 20
Making your organization more resilient with self-managementWe are fortunate to support many incredible organizations — each with their own particular management styles — and it’s not uncommon for us to adopt practices from groups in the Loomio community.When we learn from the examples of others, we are opening up ourselves (and our organizations) to growth. So, today we’re highlighting the Ian Martin Group’s journey to self-organization, a way of organizing that makes your company more resilient in the long term.Self-organization in practice — Ian Martin Grouphttps://medium.com/media/6322a8ef1c5eec12311aa68c34a37518/hrefWatch the above video to learn:How a small team of six ended up transforming a company of hundredsWhat practices the group employs to make decisions
Making your organization more resilient with self-managementWe are fortunate to support many incredible organizations — each with their own particular management styles — and it’s not uncommon for us to adopt practices from groups in the Loomio community.When we learn from the examples of others, we are opening up ourselves (and our organizations) to growth. So, today we’re highlighting the Ian Martin Group’s journey
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Apr 20
How Holacracy Helped Me “Fire” Myself from the Role of Traditional CEO and Learn to Let GoBy Dennis van der Heijden, Co-founder of ConvertJust a few years ago I was asked, on a Friday night, to approve a Converter’s decision to buy a software tool. I thought it was so silly: having to approve buying a tool that cost less than $50 a month. I’ve written and talked about this journey in detail, but in short, it set me on a course to self-management with Holacracy.Fast forward to 2019, and Convert is a fully Holacracy-powered organization. And I no longer have to
How Holacracy Helped Me “Fire” Myself from the Role of Traditional CEO and Learn to Let GoBy Dennis van der Heijden, Co-founder of ConvertJust a few years ago I was asked, on a Friday night, to approve a Converter’s decision to buy a software tool. I thought it was so silly: having to approve buying a tool that cost less than $50
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Apr 20
How Holacracy Helped Me “Fire” Myself from the Role of Traditional CEO and Learn to Let GoBy Dennis van der Heijden, Co-founder of ConvertJust a few years ago I was asked, on a Friday night, to approve a Converter’s decision to buy a software tool. I thought it was so silly: having to approve buying a tool that cost less than $50 a month. I’ve written and talked about this journey in detail, but in short, it set me on a course to self-management with Holacracy.Fast forward to 2019, and Convert is a fully Holacracy-powered organization. And I no longer have to
How Holacracy Helped Me “Fire” Myself from the Role of Traditional CEO and Learn to Let GoBy Dennis van der Heijden, Co-founder of ConvertJust a few years ago I was asked, on a Friday night, to approve a Converter’s decision to buy a software tool. I thought it was so silly: having to approve buying a tool that cost less than $50
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 7 Nov 19
Advice processA simple tool for group decision makingMaking decisions with other people can be slow, expensive and emotionally draining, while coordinating team member schedules can be time-consuming. At the same time, making decisions without involving others can turn out to be equally — if not more — expensive and stressful, and can cause resentment amongst those who were not included.Though some decisions can technically be made quicker when bosses make the call for themselves, there are more downsides to this approach. For example, the wrong decisions can slow overall progress and take years to uncover and set right. It’s no wonder why many organizations with
Advice processA simple tool for group decision makingMaking decisions with other people can be slow, expensive and emotionally draining, while coordinating team member schedules can be time-consuming. At the same time, making decisions without involving others can turn out to be equally — if not more — expensive and stressful, and can cause resentment amongst those who were not included.Though some decisions can technically be
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 27 Mar 19
Where to Start?By Matthijs CollardSince Part 1 of this series a lot has happened. The biggest event was our adoption of the Holacracy constitution. My business partners and I signed the document the 7th of June with our colleagues as witness.Rick signs the adoption declarationIn this post I’d like to give you some insights about how we got started on this adventure. This is by no means a tutorial or a guide to self-management. Rather it is more of a timeline of my own explorations leading up to the decision to give Holacracy a serious try. If you are interested in self-management, then
Where to Start?By Matthijs CollardSince Part 1 of this series a lot has happened. The biggest event was our adoption of the Holacracy constitution. My business partners and I signed the document the 7th of June with our colleagues as witness.Rick signs the adoption declarationIn this post I’d like to give you some insights about how we got started on this adventure. This
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 27 Mar 19
Installing a New OS for Our Company: Part 1Training Our PeopleBy Matthijs CollardToday, three of my colleagues started with the “Holacracy Practitioner Training.”The training is given by Brian Robertson. He developed Holacracy and is the author of the book Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World.Martijn, Caya, Brian and Fenna. (We forgot to send Brian the dress code memo. 👔)I read the book. No, I listened to it. Twice even. But I didn’t join the training. I might go later this year. But I will sign the constitution somewhere in the upcoming two months. These 39 pages document the core rules, structure,
Installing a New OS for Our Company: Part 1Training Our PeopleBy Matthijs CollardToday, three of my colleagues started with the “Holacracy Practitioner Training.”The training is given by Brian Robertson. He developed Holacracy and is the author of the book Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World.Martijn, Caya, Brian and Fenna. (We forgot to send Brian the dress code memo. 👔)I read the
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 18 Mar 19
Installing a New OS for Our Company: Part 1Training Our PeopleBy Matthijs CollardToday, three of my colleagues started with the “Holacracy Practitioner Training.”The training is given by Brian Robertson. He developed Holacracy and is the author of the book Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World.Martijn, Caya, Brian and Fenna. (We forgot to send Brian the dress code memo. 👔)I read the book. No, I listened to it. Twice even. But I didn’t join the training. I might go later this year. But I will sign the constitution somewhere in the upcoming two months. These 39 pages document the core rules, structure,
Installing a New OS for Our Company: Part 1Training Our PeopleBy Matthijs CollardToday, three of my colleagues started with the “Holacracy Practitioner Training.”The training is given by Brian Robertson. He developed Holacracy and is the author of the book Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World.Martijn, Caya, Brian and Fenna. (We forgot to send Brian the dress code memo. 👔)I read the
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 8 Feb 19
The HOLACRACY — Episode 1This is a guest post by Magalena Tula from Tooploox team on their journey to adopting the Holacracy practice.The story begins …Once upon a time, three talented developers decided to create a company like no other. Pawel, Damian and Krzysztof wanted to work in an exquisite, creative work environment with cutting edge technology. This is how Tooploox was born. During the first two years, we grew with a slow but constant pace, many people came on board and we found new partners to work with. At that time you could easily fit everyone into one conference room. After three years
The HOLACRACY — Episode 1This is a guest post by Magalena Tula from Tooploox team on their journey to adopting the Holacracy practice.The story begins …Once upon a time, three talented developers decided to create a company like no other. Pawel, Damian and Krzysztof wanted to work in an exquisite, creative work environment with cutting edge technology. This is how Tooploox was born. During