Platform · Roles & circles
Clear who decides. Even when the team changes.
Roles describe what someone is responsible for — independent of who fills the role right now. Circles bundle roles that share responsibility for an outcome.
Responsibilities·Accountability·Hand-overs
Workable by people
Sound familiar?
- A colleague goes on parental leave — and only then does it become clear what they were actually responsible for.
- Two departments both consider themselves responsible. Or neither does.
- New hires ask their way around for weeks before they know whom to turn to for what.
What changes
- 01 The right person in seconds Instead of asking around, everyone sees which role is responsible for a topic and who fills it right now.
- 02 Hand-overs without gaps When someone moves on, the role and its responsibilities stay in place. The successor takes over a clear remit.
- 03 Changes everyone stands behind Anyone who wants to change a role makes a proposal. How it is decided — by one person, by consensus or by consent — is up to your organisation.
Runnable by agents
A role for the agent, as for any team member
An AI agent can fill a role just like a person. It gets the same remit, the same responsibilities and the same boundaries. When the role changes, the new version applies to both.
The operating system
Part of one model
A role never stands alone: it belongs to an area in the org chart, carries steps in the value stream and requires competences. Open it and you see these connections at a glance.
FAQ
Frequently asked
Do we need Holacracy or sociocracy for this?
No. Roles and circles work with any form of organisation — classically hierarchical, agile or anything in between. Circles are an option, not an obligation.
How is this different from a job description?
A position has exactly one person. A person can fill several roles, and a role can be carried by several people. That way you can describe how work actually happens.
Who may change roles?
Every change starts as a draft. It becomes valid only after approval, which you configure per organisation and per object type. Until then the previous version remains in force.
Can we start with roles alone?
Yes. Every product can be introduced on its own. The connections to the org chart, value streams or goals appear as soon as they are added.
See it on your own organisation.
One conversation is enough to see whether this fits your organisation.
Workable by people. Runnable by agents.