[OSList] Zappos Being Zapped

[Daniel Mezick via OSList]

Sheesh. Yes, and...

..I did some consulting for Zappos in prior years. As part of that, I 
know Tony and have taken some meals with him, some at his home.

In early 2014, I had lunch with Tony and some of his staff. A very dear 
friend arranged the meeting.

The purpose was to introduce him to Open Space and discuss how it might 
be a good tool for helping encourage self-organization at the Downtown 
project (DTP) and Zappos proper. During that meal, I left him with a 
printed copy of the BRIEF GUIDE, and some pictures of what OST in action 
looks like. Not too much stuff, just enough to hopefully get him 
interested. A kind of invitation as it were.

At the time, he described some issues with "holacracy" at the DTP and 
Zappos itself. I explained how OST might actually be perfect given the 
situation an timing. I left the meeting upbeat and thinking he might go 
all the way.

It didn't take.

Later in March 2014, I wrote this:
http://newtechusa.net/agile/the-mandate-of-holacracy-at-zappos/


The self-organizing universe creates stories you just cannot make up.

Example:
https://pando.com/2015/07/08/staff-tony-hsiehs-downtown-project-voted-abandon-holacracy-nine-months-ago/fcbd6b7081af428b88d24fddd3fbadfbee6910ea/

Regards,
Daniel

On 7/17/15 5:26 PM, Harrison via OSList wrote:
>
> From the New York Times: *http://nyti.ms/1Jn1nwh * 
> <http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=InCMR7g4BCKC2wiZPkcVUlDMaFOsPrCW&user_id=d0877bb1019932ce3160783833511913&email_type=eta&task_id=1437166724712134&regi_id=0> Do 
> Love this story. Zappo is going to install holarchical, self 
> organizing management systems.  How many oxymoron’s can you get in one 
> sentence? And according to the Times, the big problem is that nobody 
> can understand what is going on. Marvelous! – As bright as Homo 
> sapiens may be, we really don’t have clue when it comes to the 
> complex, interconnected world on which we are momentarily passengers. 
> But no worries. It really doesn’t depend on “our understanding.” A 
> fact that “we” all experience each and every time we have the 
> privilege of “Opening Space.” We don’t understand it. We don’t “do 
> it.”  Seems to happen pretty much by itself. Just marvelous... 
> Holarchical, self organizing, management system! Happens every time. 
> All by itself.
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