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Why has Definition of the Purpose of the Organization disappeared in 5.0? #439

Open bernardmariechiquet opened 2 years ago

bernardmariechiquet commented 2 years ago

The definition of the purpose of the organization that was defined in version 4.1 in section 5.2.3 as follows has disappeared.

_The Purpose of the Organization is the deepest creative potential it can sustainably express in the world, given all of the constraints acting upon it and everything available to it. That includes its history, current capacities, available resources, Partners, character, culture, business structure, brand, market awareness, and all other relevant resources or factors._

The only place where a definition is presented in version 5.0 is in section 1.1 Role definition

"(a) a “Purpose”, which is a capacity, potential, or goal that the Role will pursue or express."

I also like the idea to get the same definition for a Role and for the Org. but last definition is a bit short IMO. I remember a thread on that one https://github.com/holacracyone/Holacracy-Constitution/issues/131#issuecomment-243988429 with a nice definition

Role: "the deepest creative potential or unrealizable goal it can sustainably pursue or express in the Organization, given all of the constraints acting upon it and everything available to it."

Organization: "the deepest creative potential or unrealizable goal it can sustainably pursue or express in the world, given all of the constraints acting upon it and everything available to it."

This raises to me the question of the value that is created by removing this definition. And to put it in comparison with the value created by the presence of its definition in the constitution 5.0.

I think there is something important missing here.

I think it should be added to article 1.3.3 Anchor Circle

Let me try, see https://github.com/holacracyone/Holacracy-Constitution/pull/438