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Something isn't working. Maybe it's meetings that drain everyone. Decisions that bottleneck at the top. Good people disengaging because they can't do their best work inside the current structure. A sense that the team has more potential than the way it's organised allows.

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# 17 Beyond The Machine: From designing better organisations to discovering what design can’t solve

# 17 Beyond The Machine: From designing better organisations to discovering what design can’t solveNick Osborne Published on: 05/03/2026

We changed our name because hierarchy wasn't the real problem. The mechanical worldview that produced it was. Here's what that shift means in practice.

Guide To Holacracy Governance Meetings

Published on: 29/05/2025

Effective governance meetings are the backbone of self-managing teams and distributed authority, especially those using Holacracy.

Guide To Holacracy Governance Meetings

Holacracy vs Agile

Published on: 28/05/2025

Understanding the differences between Holacracy and Agile is important for organisations seeking to evolve beyond traditional hierarchies.

Holacracy vs Agile

Guide to the Holacracy Tactical Meeting Process

Published on: 27/05/2025

Tactical meetings are a core component of Holacracy, designed to enable self-managing teams to operate efficiently and respond swiftly to real-time issues.

Guide to the Holacracy Tactical Meeting Process

Sociocracy vs Holacracy: Similarities, Differences and Comparison

Published on: 27/05/2025

Sociocracy and Holacracy are two innovative systems designed to move organisations beyond traditional hierarchies.

Sociocracy vs Holacracy: Similarities, Differences and Comparison

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