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Brian Robertson

Brian Robertson

Brian J. Robertson created Holacracy and founded HolacracyOne, the organization that is training people and companies all over the world in this new system. Robertson had previously launched a successful software company, where he first introduced the principles that would become Holacracy, making him not just a management theorist, but someone who has successfully implemented a holacracy-powered organization. He lives in Philadelphia.
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Holacracy

The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World

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Brian Robertson
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Holacracy

History of Holacracy

The discovery of an evolutionary algorithm.

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For-Profit + Non-Profit = For-Purpose

In this transcription from a Q&A session in our Community of Practice, Brian answers a question from participant Nick Osborne about ...

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Holacracy as an Evolutionary Algorithm

A search algorithm for finding good organizational designs.

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Holacracy: Empowerment Baked In 

Shifting the Karpman drama triangle.

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Morning Star: Replicating Culture is Hard to Do 

Why aren’t more companies doing self-management?

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Outvoting the Low Voltage Light

How Holacracy® Was Born

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Rule of Law & Property Rights in Organizations

The keys to Holacracy’s distribution of power.

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Beyond Consensus 

I don’t want to just have a voice — I want my voice to have value and impact.

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Sincerely… The Organization

Processing a request into an organizational response.

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A Holacracy-Powered Legal Structure 

One of the exciting things to me about working in HolacracyOne (the organization behind Holacracy) is that we eat ...

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The Power of Governance

How authority Is distributed in Holacracy.

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