Consequently, in a Holacracy-powered organization, people do refer to their own and others’ job descriptions regularly, sometimes on a daily basis—because job descriptions contain relevant, accurate, clear, and useful information about what it makes sense to do and expect. This means that the way we actually work together (the extant structure) more closely reflects what’s documented (the formal structure), which more closely reflects what’s best for the organization (the requisite structure). Thus, these three structures become one and the same—at least for a time, until another tension is
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