<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Yes, Daniel, as you wrote, "mandating a process change is a recipe for disaster."<br><br></div>REGARDLESS of what the process is... <br>but ESPECIALLY if it's one that's supposed to "help people feel more empowered". <br><br></div>for me, it's sad to see what's happening at Zappo's.<br></div>especially because i happen to think that interlocking circles is a fairly decent structure,<br></div><div>as far as structures go...<br></div><div><br></div>I'm not so much of a fan of the decision-making aspect of holocracy/sociocracy...<br></div>but the structural part feels fairly sound to me.<br><br></div>i know the orthodoxy around here is that "it's all self-organizing anyway"...<br></div>at the same time, I do think it would be kinda fun for all of that self-organizing that is already happening anyway,<br></div>to come up with some alternative structures to the regular old pyramids we see all over the place...<br></div><div>a bit of color in the landscape, as it were... <br></div><div><br></div>i guess we're just not that evolved yet! :-) <br><br></div>with all best wishes,<br><br></div>Rosa<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><i>Rosa Zubizarreta<br></i></span></div><div><span><i><a href="http://www.DiaPraxis.com" target="_blank"><b>www.DiaPraxis.com</b></a><br><br></i></span><div>Author of <a href="http://www.conflict2creativity.com" target="_blank"><b>From Conflict to Creative Collaboration</b></a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>recent Dynamic Facilitation deep dives:</b> </span><span> <br>May 26-28<b> </b>near<b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/DFGermany2015" target="_blank">Bonn, Germany</a>;</b> June 12-16 in <b><a href="http://www.solutiongeneratorsnetwork.org/1.0/dynamic-facilitation/" target="_blank">Durham, NC</a></b></span><a href="http://www.solutiongeneratorsnetwork.org/1.0/dynamic-facilitation/" target="_blank"> </a> </div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span></span><br><span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 7:08 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Sheesh. Yes, and...<br>
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..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. <br>
<br>
In early 2014, I had lunch with Tony and some of his staff. A very
dear friend arranged the meeting.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
It didn't take. <br>
<br>
Later in March 2014, I wrote this:<br>
<a href="http://newtechusa.net/agile/the-mandate-of-holacracy-at-zappos/" target="_blank">http://newtechusa.net/agile/the-mandate-of-holacracy-at-zappos/</a><br>
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The self-organizing universe creates stories you just cannot make
up. <br>
<br>
Example: <br>
<a href="https://pando.com/2015/07/08/staff-tony-hsiehs-downtown-project-voted-abandon-holacracy-nine-months-ago/fcbd6b7081af428b88d24fddd3fbadfbee6910ea/" target="_blank">https://pando.com/2015/07/08/staff-tony-hsiehs-downtown-project-voted-abandon-holacracy-nine-months-ago/fcbd6b7081af428b88d24fddd3fbadfbee6910ea/</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">From the New York Times: <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=InCMR7g4BCKC2wiZPkcVUlDMaFOsPrCW&user_id=d0877bb1019932ce3160783833511913&email_type=eta&task_id=1437166724712134®i_id=0" target="_blank"><b>http://nyti.ms/1Jn1nwh
</b></a> 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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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