circle is not a group of people but a group of roles, and it is also, in a sense, a really big role itself, with a single cohesive purpose to express, some accountabilities to enact, and possibly some domains to control. The roles a circle contains are a breakdown of what’s needed to express its overall purpose, enact its accountabilities, and control its domains. A circle has the autonomy and authority to self-organize and to coordinate and integrate the work of all the roles it contains. This self-organization happens in the circle’s governance meetings,
