Hi Everyone This week's #5minpodcast is now live. This time I decided to bring back the concept of "holacracy" and discuss its applicability to the project management concept. Organizations following the holacratic model are self-managed and self-organized; there is no manager, and duties are distributed horizontally. In this framework, individuals and groups are empowered by a shared sense of mission and accountability, leading to greater flexibility. It is almost a dream for most workers. I believe that projects with smaller teams and using agile methods like Scrum and several types of startups are the ideal settings for this type of structure or model. But it is not one size fits all! It becomes genuinely challenging to scale up the holacratic model to large endeavors like capital projects. In this type of project, with the absence of a minimal hierarchical structure, it becomes more difficult to follow the flow of people and resources. It also requires a relevant effort to bring appropriate cross-functional decisions because there is a natural loss of focus and responsibility, and interactions between groups and areas are more significant and complex. This challenge was the case with @medium, Zappos.com, and several other organizations that worked on implementing the decentralized model. Listen to the full episode to learn more, and share your thoughts in the comments below. Have a great week ahead. Ricardo Viana Vargas #holacracy #decentralization #projectmanagement #agile #startup #businessmodels https://ricardo-vargas.com/podcasts/does-holacracy-work-in-projects/