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The Hell of Holacracy (for some die hards)

Origins of Holacracy(with credits to wiki) 

The term holacracy is derived from the term holarchy, coined by Arthur Koestler in his 1967 book The Ghost in the Machine. A holarchy is composed of holons (Greek: ὅλον, holon neuter form of ὅλος, holos “whole”) or units that are autonomous and self-reliant, but also dependent on the greater whole of which they are part. Thus a holarchy is a hierarchy of self-regulating holons that function both as autonomous wholes and as dependent parts.Here’s the video from the author of the book (July 2015)

Influences and comparable systems

Essential elements

Roles instead of job descriptions

Circle structure

Governance process

Operational process

 Could you thrive in an holacracy?