<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thanks for the recommends. Have ordered the book.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Shirley Hicks</div><div class="">Red Mountain Makers</div><div class="">Birmingham, AL</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 18, 2016, at 1:05 PM, Ben Beyeler <<a href="mailto:ben@transitiongoshen.org" class="">ben@transitiongoshen.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">I'd echo the regards for "Reinventing Organizations". We've been part of trainings for Sociocracy (Dynamic Governance in the US). I appreciate how it provides structure for delegating work and empowering all.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3zFWpntExg" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3zFWpntExg</a><br class=""></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 7:06 PM, Edward L Platt <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:ed@elplatt.com" target="_blank" class="">ed@elplatt.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">The book "Reinventing Organizations" has some excellent case studies of organizations that fit into a third, self-managed category: <a href="http://www.reinventingorganizations.com/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.<wbr class="">reinventingorganizations.com/</a> -Ed</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class=""><div class="h5"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 6:44 PM, Xer0Dynamite <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:dreamingforward@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">dreamingforward@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">In the cornucopia of hackerspaces, two organizational structures seem<br class="">
to stand the test of time: '''do-ocracy''' and '''bureaucracy'''.<br class="">
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They represent two competing ideals. Do-ocracy is a vertical axis of<br class="">
individualism and bureaucracy is a horizontal axis of collective<br class="">
action. Economically, the comparison would be like capitalism vs.<br class="">
socialism.<br class="">
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The success of do-ocracy is that you can just get things done -- if<br class="">
you ''already have the will for it''.<br class="">
The success of bureaucracy is that everyone is empowered -- when there<br class="">
are resources to do them.<br class="">
<br class="">
The weakness of do-ocracies is that since there is no pre-planning,<br class="">
things you need ''aren't there''. It gets there ''after'' a failure<br class="">
occurs and ''if'' the individual acts on it.<br class="">
The weakness of bureaucracy is that things happen s-l-o-w-l-y because<br class="">
it's difficult to reach consensus and people burn out.<br class="">
<br class="">
Most hackerspaces are not quite at these extremes as do-ocracies<br class="">
implement weekly meetings, for example, for collective discussion, and<br class="">
bureaucracies generally allow individual action when it doesn't<br class="">
adversely affect anyone else or affect safety.<br class="">
<br class="">
Most adhocracies seem to die out through lack of leadership,<br class="">
participation, and entropy.<br class="">
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Here endeth the lesson.<br class="">
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