Going Horizontal: Creating a Non-Hierarchical Organization, One Practice at a Time
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Going Horizontal: Creating a Non-Hierarchical Organization, One Practice at a Time
- Readiness. Give time for open conversation for a proposal to take form. 2. Proposal, version 1. Anyone can be the proposer, but the proposal belongs to everyone. 3. Clarifying questions. The proposer provides direct, short answers or replies “not specified.” 4. Reactions. Everyone (except the proposer) shares their genuine reactions.
Samantha Slade • Going Horizontal: Creating a Non-Hierarchical Organization, One Practice at a Time
not participate in the actual decision making. When you find out the result, examine how you feel. Repeat. Using Different Types of Agreement Systems We can look at gradients of agreement in horizontal culture. Here are two ways of scrutinizing agreement, one from Sam Kaner in his book Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision Making,29 and the
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Meeting agenda items can be divided into three categories: (1) agenda items that recur, (2) agenda items that are set prior to the meeting, and (3) agenda items that are set during the meeting. In a horizontal culture, we try to deliberate and be intentional about how agendas are set.
Samantha Slade • Going Horizontal: Creating a Non-Hierarchical Organization, One Practice at a Time
Generative Decision Making
Samantha Slade • Going Horizontal: Creating a Non-Hierarchical Organization, One Practice at a Time
Using Silence to Work Better
Samantha Slade • Going Horizontal: Creating a Non-Hierarchical Organization, One Practice at a Time
will need to experiment before it becomes clear what methodology is best suited for a particular context. 4. Where and when decisions are taken. Which of your organization’s decisions must be made in formal meetings? Which decisions can be made online? 5. Documenting and communicating about decisions made. Are the decisions that your organization h
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reminding the group why the meeting is being held and what the group might expect to accomplish takes just a few seconds. Taking this moment is a precondition for a group to be collectively accountable for the success of a meeting.
Samantha Slade • Going Horizontal: Creating a Non-Hierarchical Organization, One Practice at a Time
importance of silence to allow the human brain time to process information and feelings.
Samantha Slade • Going Horizontal: Creating a Non-Hierarchical Organization, One Practice at a Time
The practice of beginning a meeting with a moment to check in with each other can’t be emphasized enough.