Episode 25 - Releasing hierarchy; gaining empowered organizations: A conversation with CEO Robin Cook Roth on Holacracy

How can an organization with values of equity shift away from its own embedded hierarchy? In this conversation, we speak with Robin Cook Roth who was recently the CEO of the UK company, Traidcraft to talk about how he led his organization out of the hierarchy. We discuss how holacracy's process of self-management, distribution of power, roles, and responsibilities led him to experience a level of freedom and joy in his own work, and how it has helped the company live out its values. We get into some of the spiritual dimensions of this work, and some of what it means to remember and reenchant the organizations where so many people spend so much time.
1:37 - Learn more about Robin Cook Roth
5:25 - What is self-management?
12:51 - Who decides what’s the appropriate distribution of power?
18:10 - Tradecraft's transition to Holacracy
25:00 - Sara Jolena on The Dawn of Everything
30:46 - What is the role of power as it relates to spiritual power displaying itself in an organization?
34:50 - How was it like to give up power?
38:30 -Relinquishing power in the work of decolonization
43:45 - How does Holacracy intersect with suppliers?
52:38 - What are some initial steps and resources to self-management?
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