June 6, 2025 ·

Hybridization: Moving Beyond the "One-Size-Fits-All" Approach

A. Why Hybridize? The preceding chapters have explored a rich tapestry of alternative governance models, each offering unique strengths and capabilities. However, organizations are rarely monolithic...

June 6, 2025 ·

Open Source Project Governance: Building Shared Resources Through Collaboration

What is Open Source Project Governance? Open Source Project Governance refers to the set of rules, processes, and structures that coordinate the voluntary contributions of many individuals towards creating...

June 6, 2025 ·

Cooperative Governance: A Collaborative Approach to Working Together

What Is Cooperative Governance? Imagine a workplace or a service where decisions aren't dictated by a single owner or distant shareholders. Instead, the people involved – the workers, the customers,...

June 6, 2025 ·

Understanding Collective Impact Initiatives: A Simple Guide to Working Together for Big Change

What Is Collective Impact? In life, many of the problems we face — poverty, poor education, or health inequality — are too large for one group to fix alone. Collective Impact is a way of bringing many...

June 6, 2025 ·

Holacracy: A New Way to Work Together

What Is Holacracy? Most organizations are structured like pyramids, with leaders at the top and everyone else positioned below. Holacracy offers a different approach: a system without traditional bosses,...

June 6, 2025 ·

Sociocracy: What if Everyone has a Voice

What Is Sociocracy? Most workplaces are run like pyramids. Power sits at the top, and decisions trickle down. But sociocracy dares to ask: What if everyone had a voice? It’s a system where people are...