“Holacracy brings to the whole company the structure and the rules of the game required to make it agile, fast and fluid.”
Thierry Girard, Gérant
“As the founder, the biggest change I experienced was that all the tensions that I was carrying as a CEO are now distributed throughout the entire organization.”
David Allen
“Thanks to Holacracy, our meetings are more efficient and the decision making much faster.”
David Allen
“Holacracy offers a healthy way to create motivation.”
David Allen
“I always wanted to work this way but I did not have the structure to do so.”
Doug Levy
“People are happier and the organization is vivid, fast and agile.”
Doug Levy
“The organization becomes self-learning and this new managerial technology breaks down the trauma of re-organization.”
Thierry, Branch Director of a large corporation
“In the beginning, all were skeptical but once we made everything work, the organization became extremely agile and responsive.”
Christophe Mistou, Kingfisger
“It created a greater bond between individuals who now form a real “professional” team in which each person knows their role.”
Thierry Girard

“It was so clear and so simple to make decisions and move forward”

Interview of Karilen Mays

12 December 2016

“It was so clear and so simple to make decisions and move forward”, that’s what Karilen Mays, Certified Master Coach in Holacracy and Partner at HolacracyOne, the company behind Holacracy® said when she stumbled into Holacracy in 2007 at Seattle, where she meet for the first time this new way of organising companies, with her reaction being immediate: “It was so clear, and so simple to make decisions, and move forward.”. She started by working with the 3 founders and quickly took roles within the Holacracy implementation part and training.

Holacracy® is a new social technology for organising companies and organisations.

Karilen agreed to be interviewed in Zurich during a Coach Training specialised in advanced Holacracy techniques and coaching. Through this interview she get us a quick overview of the Holacracy implementation within companies, how it works and giving some real examples of disruptions.

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“It was so clear and so simple to make decisions and move forward”

Interview of Karilen Mays