The document discusses governance in startups and evolutionary governance. As startups grow, their initial teams of a founder/CEO, engineering, and sales become more complex and a hierarchy is formalized. Some challenges that come up include setting deadlines and deciding on technology stacks. The document introduces evolutionary or dynamic governance models like dynamic governance and Holacracy that aim to help startups organize and make decisions through consent-based processes and organizing teams into interconnected circles to facilitate evolution.

1. EVOLUTIONARY ENGINEERING
TEAMS
PRODUCTION AND GOVERNANCE IN

2. WHO AM I ?
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taught me 2 things about startups

5. GOVERNANCE IN STARTUPS
INITIAL TEAM MEMBERS HIRED
Founder / CEO

6. GOVERNANCE IN STARTUPS
INITIAL TEAM MEMBERS HIRED
Founder / CEO
engineering

7. GOVERNANCE IN STARTUPS
INITIAL TEAM MEMBERS HIRED
Founder / CEO
engineering
Sales

8. GOVERNANCE IN STARTUPS
INITIAL TEAM MEMBERS HIRED
Founder / CEO
engineering
Sales

9. GOVERNANCE IN STARTUPS
THE TEAM GROWS MORE COMPLEX
Founder / CEO
engineering
Sales

10. GOVERNANCE IN STARTUPS
HIERARCHY FORMALISED
Founder / CEO
VP of engineeringVP of sales

11. LET’S LOOK AT SOME COMMON CHALLENGES

12. SOME CHALLENGES
CHALLENGE: DEADLINE SETTING
A B C D

13. SOME CHALLENGES
CHALLENGE: INTRODUCING UNIT TESTING
A B C D

14. SOME CHALLENGES
CHALLENGE: (A) PROPOSES TECHNOLOGY STACK
A B C D

15. SOME CHALLENGES
MISSING LINK IN DECISION MAKING
fast
broad support
AUTOCRACY
slow
no support

16. SOME CHALLENGES
MISSING LINK IN DECISION MAKING
fast
broad support
AUTOCRACY
DEMOCRACY
slow
no support

17. SOME CHALLENGES
MISSING LINK IN DECISION MAKING
fast
broad support
AUTOCRACY
DEMOCRACY
CONSENSUS
slow
no support

18. SOME CHALLENGES
MISSING LINK IN DECISION MAKING
fast
broad support
AUTOCRACY
DEMOCRACY
CONSENSUS
slow
no support

19. SOME CHALLENGES
MISSING LINK IN DECISION MAKING
fast
broad support
AUTOCRACY
DEMOCRACY
CONSENSUS
slow
no support
?

20. WHAT IS
governance
?

21. WHAT IS
evolutionary governance
?

22. PRACTICAL TOOLS
WHAT DO WE NEED?
How to organise?

23. PRACTICAL TOOLS
WHAT DO WE NEED?
How to organise?
How to decide?

24. PRACTICAL TOOLS
WHAT DO WE NEED?
How to organise?
How to decide?
How to evolve?

25. PRACTICAL TOOLS
GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS
Dynamic Governance

26. PRACTICAL TOOLS
GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS
Dynamic Governance
Holacracy™

27. DYNAMIC GOVERNANCE
EXAMPLE: DYNAMIC GOVERNANCE
1. decide by consent

28. DYNAMIC GOVERNANCE
EXAMPLE: DYNAMIC GOVERNANCE
1. decide by consent
2. organise in circles

29. DYNAMIC GOVERNANCE
EXAMPLE: DYNAMIC GOVERNANCE
1. decide by consent
2. organise in circles
3. circles are double linked

30. DYNAMIC GOVERNANCE
DECISIONS BY CONSENT
▸ anyone can make a proposal
▸ problem can be demonstrated
▸ consent = absent of reasoned objections
▸ objections:
▸ conflict with organisation’s purpose
▸ can be explained and resolved

31. DYNAMIC GOVERNANCE
ORGANISE IN CIRCLES
FOUNDING CIRCLE

32. DYNAMIC GOVERNANCE
ORGANISE IN CIRCLES
SALES CIRCLE ENGINEERING
FOUNDING CIRCLEMANAGEMENT CIRCLE

33. DYNAMIC GOVERNANCE
ORGANISE IN CIRCLES
SALES CIRCLE ENGINEERING
FOUNDING CIRCLEMANAGEMENT CIRCLE

34. DYNAMIC GOVERNANCE
ORGANISE IN CIRCLES
SALES CIRCLE ENGINEERING
FOUNDING CIRCLEMANAGEMENT CIRCLE

35. DYNAMIC GOVERNANCE
DOUBLE LINKING OF CIRCLES (GOOD)
MANAGEMENT CIRCLE
ENGINEERING CIRCLESALES CIRCLE

36. DYNAMIC GOVERNANCE
DOUBLE LINKING OF CIRCLES (GOOD)
MANAGEMENT CIRCLE
ENGINEERING CIRCLESALES CIRCLE

37. DYNAMIC GOVERNANCE
DOUBLE LINKING OF CIRCLES (GOOD)
MANAGEMENT CIRCLE
ENGINEERING CIRCLESALES CIRCLE

38. QUESTIONS?

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