Brian Robertson
Purpose:
Essence
HolacracyOne is clarity, sovereignty, love.
Blessing
HolacracyOne’s blessing is to free people to lead themselves.
Mission
HolacracyOne’s mission is to create a world with no more victims, no more villains, and no need for saviors.
Message
"Your organizational form is obsolete. Consciousness needs a bigger channel to do its work. It’s time to allow Love to work through organizations in the same way it works through saints and sages. Organizations are the architects of the future of humanity; make them better."
Note: HolacracyOne uses the purpose discovery framework and four aspects of purpose from Tim Kelley's book "True Purpose".
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Constitution Steward
Purpose:
The Holacracy Constitution; legally-grounded, projection-free, & continually-evolvingDomains:
- Holacracy Constitution Content
Accountabilities:
- Drafting successive versions of the Holacracy Constitution to concretize and formalize effective patterns and core best-practices that have emerged in the practice and application of Holacracy
- Clarifying Holacracy-related concepts or language in the Holacracy Constitution upon request, and hosting general informative sessions for Partners upon updating the Constitution
- Reviewing draft tools and materials upon request and offering feedback on their alignment with the rules, methods, and intent captured in the Constitution
- Coordinating releases of Constitution roll-outs, including soliciting impact of intended timing from each major business line
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Financial Steward
Purpose:
Steward the organization's financial reserves, with harmony and balance across all stakeholdersDomains:
- Distributions to our Members and Partners, including advances on distributions
- The Organization's Target Base Draw
- The Organization's tax returns
Accountabilities:
- Determining the organization's Distributable Cash Flow for each relevant period
- Setting the Organization's Target Base Draw
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Holacracy Spokesperson
Purpose:
Crystalize & convey the Holacracy brand - reveal its why to the worldAccountabilities:
- Heralding Holacracy to and within relevant broader contexts, including press channels, media organizations, purpose-aligned movements, partner organizations and associations, and potential key strategic clients
- Creating easy to share resources that inspire people towards deeper engagement with Holacracy and self-management, including videos, blog posts, and books
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Domains:
- Role assignments for @Financial Steward
- Role assignments for @Legal Foundation
Accountabilities:
- There are no accountabilities defined for this role.
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Domains:
- Partnership Grant Agreements
Accountabilities:
- Crafting and evolving the organization's foundational legal docs, including its operating agreement, partnership grant agreements, and unit subscription docs
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Partnership Steward
Purpose:
The circle has the requisite partners and partner relationships for its needs and contextAccountabilities:
- There are no accountabilities defined for this role.
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Domains:
- Role Assignments for @Holacracy Spokesperson
- Role Assignments for @Constitution Steward
Accountabilities:
- Identifying and proposing updates to the purpose of the organization when appropriate
- Monitoring the @General Company's overall stewardship and steering of the organization towards deeper expressions of its purpose
- Championing the Organization's purpose and key brands in broader networks, and making purpose-aligned connections when useful and appropriate
Purpose:
Delight business line stakeholders with accurate, useful, and timely back-office support
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Accountabilities:
- Working with our accounting partners to prepare and file HolacracyOne's taxes
- Tracking C-unit and D-unit related capital accounts changes