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Hi Rosa,<br>
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In my very limited experience, what happens is the
formally-authorized leaders (not to be confused with
"informally-authorized" leaders) either a) warm up to shifting how
the handle authority, or b) they do not. Or, c) they pause for
awhile... and then shift after they have integrated the learning
from recent experience (almost) letting go. <br>
<br>
So for example in a large bank with over 30K employees, I helped
with 2 OST events inside a division of about 2500 people. We did 2
large events of 400 seats each, in two different cities. The hosts
or sponsors of these events to this day are still constrained by the
following:<br>
<br>
1. They are not omnipotent across the organization, and can only do
what they are formally authorized to do. They cannot for example
repeal the formal hierarchy. Even in their own small division...<br>
<br>
2. They have their own personal integration-of-learning to do,
before being comfortable with going any further with the
OST/self-organized approach. <br>
<br>
This is why I think periodic OST events about every 6 months makes
great sense for most organizations who seek . Because truth be told,
the space is often returns to being closed, tight as clam. <br>
<br>
And if by chance we do open some space, in typical well-established
orgs, the natural tendency seems to be... to close again.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Daniel <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/18/15 10:13 AM, Rosa Zubizarreta
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<div>Daniel, I hear you
mention repeatedly,
that mandating stuff
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I fully agree with you.
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"Mandating stuff is a
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I agree. <br>
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What's happening at Zappo's is
nuts.<br>
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I agree.<br>
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I also agree with Harrison about
the power and prevalence of the
informal organization, everywhere.<br>
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And, about the power of Open Space
Technology to offer a "speeded up,
concentrated experience of
self-organization in action."<br>
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what I was curious about (and I
realize I didn't express it so
clearly...) was about what happens <i>after</i>
OST events...<br>
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I'm curious to know, whether people in
the organizations you know, generally
remain content with having the
hierarchical<br>
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"patterns and flows of energy" remain in
place (maybe as a sort of decoy??) while
the informal organization continues in a
more energized manner...<br>
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or, if you have seen sometimes, a
self-organizing move to create a "pattern or
flow of energy" that "flash-framed", looks
different than a triangle. <br>
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(again.. NOT like what happened at Zappos. NOT
"mandated from above".)<br>
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I realize I have been making a (possibly
unfounded) assumption that this is not happening
very much. <br>
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And, it may be that I am just uninformed...<br>
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Another way of wording it... <br>
I'm curious to learn about instances where the
already-happening-everywhere-self-organization,<br>
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after being "speeded up and concentrated" via OST, <br>
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leads to new structures (i.e. "freeze-framed patterns
and flows of energy")<br>
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that look different than the older ones.<br>
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Feels like a valid question to me,<br>
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yet not sure if this is the place to ask it...<br>
<br>
and, I am still sad that the tragically flawed circus at
Zappos is giving participatory management a bad name. <br>
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<div>I do wish they had listened to you, Daniel. <br>
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And/ or, to anyone else who might have helped them understand,
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<div>that it's crazy-making and doomed to "mandate
participation".<br>
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<div>with all best wishes,<br>
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<div>Rosa <br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Daniel
Mezick via OSList <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> I join Harrison is
what he is saying. <br>
<br>
"...<span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">if
we want a speeded up, concentrated experience of self
organization in action, we know what to do."</span><br>
<br>
One time on the phone talking about this, Harrison
(paraphasing,) you said: <br>
<br>
<br>
"..the real operating system is self-organization.
Everything is is [an app.]"<br>
<br>
I like that quote.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Quoting the NYT article: some interesting items in it....<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
"The end result was what he refers to as an “operating
system” for organizations."<br>
<br>
...stop right there: <br>
the holacracy people are really pushing this metaphor.
"holacracy as operating system." Maybe not? Or maybe
(scary idea) organizations are not machines at all. Maybe
they are living systems? Which are not quite so easy to
describe, manipulate, "program" ...and control?<br>
<br>
<br>
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"... Everyone must use the Holacracy software, called
Glass Frog."<br>
<br>
...wait:<br>
Everyone MUST use? Really? How's that mandate actually
working out?<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
"... Holacracy has been met with everything from cautious
embrace to outright revulsion at Zappos, but little
unequivocal enthusiasm."<br>
<br>
...stop right there.<br>
Maybe coercion is actually a bad idea?<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
"....I have five hours of meetings today.”"<br>
<br>
...stop right there:<br>
Are these meeting mandatory to attend? Can you opt-out of
any of these "holacracy" meetings? Guessing no...<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
"... Mr. Hsieh sent a 4,700-word email to the entire
company with an ultimatum: Embrace Holacracy or accept a
buyout. "<br>
<br>
...wait: an ultimatum? Does that actually work?<br>
The spin is that all remaining employees are now "all-in."
The reality is probably quite far from that:<br>
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href="https://medium.com/@DanielMezick/zappos-holacracy-and-real-options-don-t-commit-early-unless-you-know-why-ba8a7741b1b"
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"... For all of the talk of self-management and consensus
building, the decision to go down this path was Mr.
Hsieh’s alone."<br>
<br>
Wait:<br>
Is this a command, from authority, to self-organize? If
so, how does that actually work?<br>
<br>
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"...Mr. Hsieh he emphasized that learning Holacracy was
like learning a sport — it would take years to get good at
it."<br>
<br>
stop.right.there:<br>
Could this be code for "it could take years to <b><i>replace</i></b>
everyone." ???? <br>
<br>
If so, is this the new normal? Replace everyone? Does that
actually count as a successful change/innovation program?
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<br>
Self-organization: Do coercive mandates actually work?<br>
<br>
If not: Is this what actually might scale? Is this what
actually might work?<br>
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<div>On 7/18/15 8:05 AM, Harrison via OSList wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Rosa
said...</span> “<span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I
do think it would be kinda fun for all of that
self-organizing that is already happening
anyway, to come up with some alternative
structures to the regular old pyramids we see
all over the place...a bit of color in the
landscape, as it were...” </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Rosa
--There is a big secret. “All that
self-organizing” is coming up with new
structures every moment. “Structure” is actually
an inaccurate way of talking about what is
happening... more like patterns or flow of
energy. “Flash framed” it does look like a
structure, but that is really an illusion. An
artifact of our perception. But it sort of
works. </span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Anyhow,
it seems to me that there is some 13.7 billion
years worth of examples of just precisely what
you are talking about. It is only very recently
that we (Homo sapiens) tried doing our own
thing. Lots of wonderful names (Process
re-engineering, etc) but precious little
positive impact that I can see. Yes I know
sometimes it seems that these marvelous
inventions of ours seem to work...and of course
lots of people make lots of money maintaining
the illusion. But in moments of honesty, usually
over a drink, everybody who has been around,
even for a little bit, is totally aware that
nothing ever happened according to the plan,
design, etc... When pushed for source, the usual
answer (given very quietly) is “The Informal
System,” which by definition nobody organized.
And that drives Management to despair. In fact
they try to kill “the informal system” at every
opportunity. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Amazing,
folks are busily containing, controlling, and
destroying the one thing that enables
organizations to function. Is that nuts? Seems
to me that before we design anything new, it
would be well to sit quietly and fully
appreciate what is already there, and doing
quite well. Thank you. And of course if we want
a speeded up, concentrated experience of self
organization in action, we know what to do.
Works every time as long as we don’t try to
organize it. Wonderful!</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 17, 2015 10:05 PM<br>
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Daniel, as you wrote,
"mandating a process
change is a recipe for
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">REGARDLESS
of what the process is...
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but ESPECIALLY if it's one
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empowered". </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">for me,
it's sad to see what's
happening at Zappo's.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">especially
because i happen to think that
interlocking circles is a
fairly decent structure,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">as far as
structures go...</p>
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much of a fan of the
decision-making aspect of
holocracy/sociocracy...</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">but
the structural part feels fairly
sound to me.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">i know the
orthodoxy around here is that "it's
all self-organizing anyway"...</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">at the same time, I
do think it would be kinda fun for all
of that self-organizing that is
already happening anyway,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">to come up with some
alternative structures to the regular
old pyramids we see all over the
place...</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">a bit of color in the
landscape, as it were... </p>
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just not that evolved yet! :-) </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at
7:08 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList <<a
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sheesh. Yes, and...<br>
<br>
..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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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>
<br>
<br>
The self-organizing universe creates
stories you just cannot make up. <br>
<br>
Example: <br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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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Daniel </p>
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</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.</p>
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