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Chris Cowan

Chris Cowan

Holacracy Basics: Understanding Deadlines and Projections (Part 1)

On the surface, the way Holacracy deals with projections and deadlines may seem counter-intuitive, or at times, just crazy. ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1

Constructive Disengagement

How to improve your Holacracy meetings by playing on your phone.

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

4 Rules-of-Thumb to Improve Your Decision-Making

In self-organized companies, more people will make more decisions of more consequence. This means the number of decisions needed ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Why You Shouldn’t Expect Favors

Descriptive vs. prescriptive expectations.

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0
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Promoting Dignity in Inmate Education

Holacracy in Prison

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy

A Facilitator’s Mental Checklist for Tactical Meetings

For many Facilitators, the complexity is overwhelming and they end up doing too much or too little.

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Holacracy Basics: Understanding Strategies

In order to understand Holacracy, sometimes we have to revisit things we already know.

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Holacracy Basics: Understanding Accountabilities

Accountabilities are allocations of attention.

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1
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Holacracy Basics: Authority vs Good Judgement

The important distinction between what you can do and what you should do.

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0
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GlassFrog® for Secretaries: 4 Short How-To Videos

Holacracy Practitioner’s Guide

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy

Four Types of Power (Relevant for Holacracy Practice)

There are many ways to slice up and categorize power. As a construct, it’s exceptionally deep and multi-faceted and ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Holacracy Basics: Understanding Check-ins

It’s a great idea when starting meetings that are held regularly…to have everyone contribute what primarily has their attention ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0