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Chris Cowan

Chris Cowan

Raising Valid Objections: Are You Anticipating?

The Proposal would necessarily cause the impact, or, if it might cause the impact, the Circle wouldn’t have an ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1

Facilitating a Holacracy Tactical Meeting

The meeting card will help you on the fly, but to get good at facilitating tactical meetings, you’ll need ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0
Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Holacracy Basics: Understanding Tensions

You need to understand what a tension is before you can meaningfully interpret how Holacracy really works.

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Holacracy Basics: Understanding Checklists

Good checklists, on the other hand are precise. They are efficient, to the point, and easy to use even ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Two Helpful Unwritten Holacracy Rules

“We are just people unless otherwise specified.” The Holacracy constitution is like a rulebook for a game. The game ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Facilitator Basics: Understanding Objections

Author’s Note: If you’re interested in learning how to improve your facilitation in Holacracy practice, check out my course ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Holacracy Tactical Meeting Phrase Book

The practice of self-organization is improved or weakened according to how we talk to each other. These phrases are ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1

17 Holacracy Coaching Principles

The rules of Holacracy are clear, but deciding how to enact them is often up to interpretation. And just ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0
Holacracy Whole Product Map

A Holacracy Whole Product

If Holacracy is an operating system, where’s everything else?

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Holacracy Basics: Metaphors for Understanding Governance

A map doesn’t tell you which route you should take — it just gives you the information to make the decision ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Intervening as a Holacracy Coach

A good coach helps others get where they want to go. Note: This is one of the longest posts I’ve ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0