Making Rules Matter
Chris CowanFreedom through structure.
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You Must Distinguish Information from Obligation
The Importance of Distinguishing Descriptive from Prescriptive Expectations
“It’s easier to hold your principles 100 percent of the time than it is to hold them 98 percent of the time.” -Clayton Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life?...
Functional Definitions vs Dictionary Definitions: A New Way to Define Words
“Words may be deeds.” -Aesop, Quotationary, p. 939
I talk about different types of structures like “values,” “guidelines,” “rules,” and “deal-breakers,” and I’ve been assuming that these different functional definitions can make sense to p...
Defining Relationship
Happy Friday! I decided to do a video this morning rather than the normal writing because I have too much content in my backlog and some of these things just need to get out.
In this video I share my framework defining the boundaries betw...
A Tension Is Not an Emotion
“Let your heart guide you. It whispers so listen closely.” -Littlefoot’s Mother (The Land Before Time, 1988)
Holacracy’s approach to self-organization rests upon one single construct: a tension. It’s defined rather blandly as a gap you sen...
Yes Exit: Heaven is Being Able to Get Away From Each Other
What’s the difference between a vow of silence and a gag order?
What’s the difference between a vow of silence and a gag order? Or fasting and starving? It’s all down to choice. The behavior is the same, but the relationship to the behavio...
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I’m Chris and I'm an expert in Holacracy and peer-to-peer collaboration. I write articles and publish videos to help people work more effectively and more humanely.
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