<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>An invitation arouses curiousity, but a mandate dries up </div><div>the bones... Ancient Proverb</div><div><br></div><div>The Mandate of Holacracy at Zappos:</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><a href="http://newtechusa.net/agile/the-mandate-of-holacracy-at-zappos/">http://newtechusa.net/agile/the-mandate-of-holacracy-at-zappos/</a></span><br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Mar 4, 2014, at 11:36 AM, "Harrison Owen" <<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Wikipedia (as usual) has everything you wanted to know... go to --</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holacracy">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holacracy</a> </span><br><span></span><br><span>I can certainly imagine Open Space playing a role in Holacracies, and in</span><br><span>fact the "governance" in a Open Space could certainly be described as</span><br><span>"Holacratic" -- which is to say "ruling power" is totally distributed</span><br><span>amongst the participants. But there is a real difference. Holacracy in Open</span><br><span>Space is totally an emergent phenomenon. Nobody designed it, nobody</span><br><span>implements it -- it just shows up all by itself. Holacracy in places like</span><br><span>Zappos is a designed phenomenon. Doubtless it works pretty well, but it does</span><br><span>seem to me that they may be working a little too hard, creating something</span><br><span>that can and does happen all by itself. I think.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Harrison</span><br><span></span><br><span>Harrison Owen</span><br><span>7808 River Falls Dr.</span><br><span>Potomac, MD 20854</span><br><span>USA</span><br><span></span><br><span>189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)</span><br><span>Camden, Maine 04843</span><br><span></span><br><span>Phone 301-365-2093</span><br><span>(summer) 207-763-3261</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com">www.openspaceworld.com</a> </span><br><span><a href="http://www.ho-image.com">www.ho-image.com</a> (Personal Website)</span><br><span>To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST</span><br><span>Go to:http://<a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org">lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>-----Original Message-----</span><br><span>From: <a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a></span><br><span>[<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org">mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] On Behalf Of Kári Gunnarsson</span><br><span>Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 11:20 AM</span><br><span>To: World wide Open Space Technology email list</span><br><span>Subject: Re: [OSList] Open Space and Holacracy</span><br><span></span><br><span>I heard that Holacracy is somehow based upon the principles of Open Space</span><br><span>and uses Open space for its implementation.</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 4 March 2014 08:53, Rob van der Eyden</span><br><span><<a href="mailto:robvandereyden@veranderarchitect.nl">robvandereyden@veranderarchitect.nl</a>> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hello Kári,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Interesting question. How do you see the link between Open space and </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Holacracy?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Kind regards, Rob van der Eyden</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Van: <a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>[<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org">mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] Namens Kári Gunnarsson</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Verzonden: maandag 3 maart 2014 21:52</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Aan: Open Space Forum</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Onderwerp: [OSList] Open Space and Holacracy</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>There have been much talk about the relationship of the organizational </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>chart and how Open Space operates. Recent compareson to me has been to </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>link the new self-organizing authority and decision-making system </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>called Holacracy</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>see: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holacracy">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holacracy</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I wonder if there are stories on the use of Open space to transform </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>more traditional system to one of Open Space based Holacracy? I would </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>be happy to learn some of your experiences in this regard.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>--</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Kári Gunnarsson</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:kari.gunnarsson@simnet.is">kari.gunnarsson@simnet.is</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>gsm: +354 8645189</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>OSList mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To post send emails to <a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a> To unsubscribe </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>send an email to <a href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a></span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>--</span><br><span>Kári Gunnarsson</span><br><span><a href="mailto:kari.gunnarsson@simnet.is">kari.gunnarsson@simnet.is</a></span><br><span>gsm: +354 8645189</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>OSList mailing list</span><br><span>To post send emails to <a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a> To unsubscribe send an</span><br><span>email to <a href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a></span><br><span>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:</span><br><span><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>OSList mailing list</span><br><span>To post send emails to <a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe send an email to <a href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a></span><br><span>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:</span><br><span><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>