holacracy

holacracy noun: a decentralised system of organizational governance with autonomous and symbiotic teams.

Noun (1)

holacracy (countable and uncountable, plural holacracies)

(capitalized, often) A decentralised system of organizational governance with autonomous and symbiotic teams.
- Now, [Simon] Denny is scrutinising how similar hacking culture is to “contemporary radical management practices”. Chief among them is “holacracy”, or rather, Holacracy® – a public idea that’s also a privately owned concept, which is about right for this strange new world. For those not up on their...2015 November 19, Steve Rose, “The future is round: why modern architecture turned doughnut-shaped”, in The Guardian
- Many such attempts have centred around greater self-organisation and autonomy for teams and individuals, be it Linux's open-sourced operating system, Spotify's self-organising “squads”, or the online retailer Zappo's more radical “holacracy” philosophy of decentralised decision-making.2025 May 3, Harry Dempsey, David Keohane, “Can you run a company as a perfect free market?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19

Holacracy (countable and uncountable, plural Holacracies)

From hol- + -cracy.

What does holacracy mean?: Holacracy means a decentralised system of organizational governance with autonomous and symbiotic teams.
What part of speech is holacracy?: Holacracy is a noun.
What is the plural of holacracy?: The plural of holacracy is holacracies.

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