Holacracy Whitepaper

Discover a Better Way of Working

As the peer-to-peer revolution reshapes marketplaces and business models, disruptive companies are also rethinking their internal structures and processes, abandoning top-down hierarchy in favor of decentralized models of management.

One of the most robust and comprehensive approaches available is the Holacracy® system—as used by Zappos, Precision Nutrition and others—which provides a proven model for making companies more flexible, more adaptable, and more responsive to change.

This whitepaper provides an overview of Holacracy and presents its core elements.

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A MORE ORGANIC STRUCTURE
Holacracy replaces the traditional pyramid-shaped management hierarchy with a structure based on the idea of holarchy (see page 7). A holarchy looks like a series of nested circles. Each circle (i.e. team) is made up of a set of roles, grouped together around a specific function—whether it be a specific project team, a department, a support function, or a business line. Some circles will contain sub-circles, and all are contained within the largest super-circle, usually called the “General Company Circle.”

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