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Chris Cowan

Chris Cowan

Getting Stuck and Unstuck in Integration

How to navigate difficult integrations in Holacracy.

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Holacracy Basics: Understanding Integration

Integrating objections is at the heart of the governance meeting process. We don’t want to solve one tension only ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Holacracy Basics: Integrating a Not Valid Governance Output (NVGO) Objection

Read “Introducing the Holacracy Practitioner Guide” to find more articles.

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Holacracy Basics: How to Make Sure Someone Does Something

We all have a right to make choices — so how do you make sure everyone is going in the same ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Holacracy and Growth Mindset

Vulnerability, failure, and other good things.

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0
Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Why Isn’t the Lead Link Elected?

In Holacracy, the Lead Link of a circle is chosen by the Lead Link of its super-circle, but people ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1

Holacracy Basics: Understanding Policies

Of the three basic governance constructs (accountabilities, domains, and policies), policies are by far the most misunderstood. Is a ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1

Policies Governing People in Holacracy

The organization can only control what it owns, and it doesn’t own people. It can make agreements with people, ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1

Holacracy Basics: Understanding Domains

Domains: The Basics Domains are one of the three elements of a role/circle (the others are purpose and accountabilities). We ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

5 keys to habit change in Holacracy

Successful Holacracy practice means successful habit change.

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

7 Things You Can Learn from Holacracy (Even If You Don’t Practice It)

Learn to Love Tension Tension is not usually a positive term. When we feel tension we try to relieve it, ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy