Open oliviercp opened 2 years ago
Thanks @ocompagne for such reflexion. On this subject, as on others such as the definition of the expectations on a circle lead, the 5.0 constitution makes its adoption more complex and at the same time enriches it because it forces us to ask the question upstream during the encoding phase (initial structure) and before the launch of the circles:
Reviving this thread, as I still find it very relevant. I think @bernardmariechiquet made some great points regarding Holacracy adoption and pedagogy 🙏
But the constitution still needs to be as useful as possible for practitioners who don't have a coach guiding them. Whether that do-it-yourselfers, or members of an organization who need to refer to that rule at a given time where no coach is around, and no governance was created to amend this process.
It takes a lot of focused deductive logic to understand the practical reality that this article is pointing to. This default process is not that complex. The difficulty of understanding it is mostly created by the way it is presented here IMO.
I think novice practitioners would benefit from the constitution being clearer on what is the default constitutional process for get authorization to spend. It's especially true for this aspect of the constitution because
Currently article 4.1.3 Get Authorization Before Spending Money says that
What is the “Role” in question that has control of spending by default, assuming no related policy in governance and a fresh Holacracy adoption? As per our discussion elsewhere, the following interpretation makes sense:
I think this article could be vastly simplified by simply clarifying this default path. Maybe just adding a sentence to the article. If only to highlight that in many cases, it would be a good idea to propose some governance to change it.