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Beyond the Holacracy Hype

Ethan Bernstein; John Bunch; Niko Canner; Michael Lee · Harvard Business Review 94(7/8) · 2016

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Ethan Bernstein; John Bunch; Niko Canner; Michael Lee
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DisputedSystematic evidence that sociocratic or holacratic organisations outperform hierarchies is scarce: the method's designers report tests of circular design in over 30 organisations, while a 2016 Harvard Business Review analysis observed that most writers on holacracy and other forms of self-management take extreme positions.