5 ways how self organisation improves your private life

Matt Hallmann
4 min readNov 18, 2020

When we think of concepts like self organisation or self management, these two terms are used interchangeable very often, we tend to think only about the effect they have on our work life. But very often there is spillover to the rest of our life, that isn’t that separate from our work life these days anymore as it used to be, let’s say 20 or even 10 years ago. Just like many of us see blurred lines occur between private and work, the pathways that self organisation offers us to deal with tensions or problems, can easily be used at home in different environment. Even more so: the practise of self organisation will inevitably lead to these new habits and pathways at home, since practising self organisation changes our thinking.

Since I started working in a Holacratic company in 2014, I’ve noticed some important things:

  • Work life and private life are becoming more and more connected
  • Things we learn in our work life can easily be applied in our private life
  • The pathways Holacracy offers, are not limited to the work life
  • Holacracy doesn’t just teach pathways, it teaches a structural different way of thinking

This leads to what I see, as a richer, more efficient, stress free and distraction free (private) life. So what are some…

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