Holacracy

Purpose driven & self organisingScrumTrek - Joost Schouten - October 7th 2016

Joost Schouten

Holcracy Coach @ Energized.org

Co-Founder & CTO @ Yanomo.com

Co-founder and CEO @ Nestr.io

Joost SchoutenValues: Empathy, fairness, transparency, purpose

“Work. Liberated.” Energized.org - Consulting - 1 role

“Visible and real time quality, financial and scope insight for everyone within the organisation”Yanomo.com - SaaS - 5 roles

“Every organisation purpose driven through self organisation”Nestr.io - SaaS - 4 roles

Holawhat?

PurposeWhy do you organize in the first place?

PurposeNot only for the tree-huggers

Today’s workforce does not want a job...

Today’s consumers do not just want a product...

They (28%*) want to work towards a Purpose.

They (66%*) want sustainable products.

* Sources: imperative.com - ‘2015 Workforce Purpose Index’ and nielsen.com - 2015 publication

For business this means ‘adapt or die’

Responding to change over following a plan

Holacracy: key concepts

Centralized authority Delegated authority Distributed authority

Default to yes & speedYou are driving, you make the decisions

Level the playing fieldHolacracy is there for the purpose, not for you

Small and quick iterationsOrganisational structure and the operation evolve

Holacracy as a safety netWhen things run smoothly, you should hardly see it

Holacracy: toolbox

Tension is fuelThe people are the sensors and actors

Management hierarchyOrganize around people

Governance recordsOrganize around roles

Roles & circlesClear purpose & accountabilities

Projects & next actionsClearly defined outcomes and actions

Highly effective meetingsClear separation between governance and operation

Governance

Operational

RoleRoleRole

Accountability Accountability

Project Project

Action Action Action Action