Glossary Holacracy

Domain (Holacracy)

In Holacracy, a thing a Role controls — exclusive authority to act on it. If you want to act on someone else's Domain, you have to ask permission. Domains make implicit authority explicit.

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Holacracy

A self-management practice (created by Brian Robertson) that distributes authority through a network of self-organizing Circles...

Role (Holacracy)

A named function within a Circle with a Purpose, one or more Domains (things it controls), and Accountabilities (ongoing respon...

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