# Rolebase > Open-source platform for self-managed organizations. Clarify roles, run efficient meetings, and make better decisions as a team. A markdown version of each page is available by replacing `.html` with `.md` in the URL (e.g., https://rolebase.io/en/docs/members.md). ## About Rolebase is an open-source governance platform for organizations using holacracy, sociocracy, or any form of self-management. It provides tools for role management, meetings, decisions, tasks, and threaded discussions. - [Homepage](https://rolebase.io/en) - [Features](https://rolebase.io/en/features) - [Pricing](https://rolebase.io/en/pricing) - [Contact](https://rolebase.io/en/contact) - [Blog](https://rolebase.io/en/blog) - [Case Studies](https://rolebase.io/en/client-cases) ## Documentation - [Introduction to Rolebase](https://rolebase.io/en/docs/index): The open-source headquarters for self-governed organizations. - [Getting Started](https://rolebase.io/en/docs/getting-started): Create your account, set up your organization, and invite your team. - [Organizations](https://rolebase.io/en/docs/organizations): Create, configure, and manage your organization in Rolebase. - [Org Chart](https://rolebase.io/en/docs/org-chart): Visualize and navigate your organizational structure with the interactive org chart. - [Roles](https://rolebase.io/en/docs/circles-and-roles): Understand how Rolebase unifies circles and roles into a single concept: the role. - [Governance Modes](https://rolebase.io/en/docs/governance-modes): The governance mode decides who can change your org chart and how. Compare Free, Agile and Strict, and choose the one that fits your organization. - [Members](https://rolebase.io/en/docs/members): Manage team members, invitations, and organization roles. - [Meetings](https://rolebase.io/en/docs/meetings): Create, run, and manage structured meetings within your roles. - [Tasks](https://rolebase.io/en/docs/tasks): Track work items with kanban boards and list views. - [Discussions](https://rolebase.io/en/docs/threads): Hold asynchronous discussions, run polls, and collaborate across roles. - [Decisions](https://rolebase.io/en/docs/decisions): Record formal decisions and governance changes within your roles. - [Proposals](https://rolebase.io/en/docs/proposals): Decide together and prepare org chart changes before applying them. - [News Feed](https://rolebase.io/en/docs/news-feed): Stay informed with a unified activity feed across your organization. - [Apps & Integrations](https://rolebase.io/en/docs/apps-integrations): Connect Rolebase with your calendar and stay in sync. - [Subscriptions](https://rolebase.io/en/docs/subscriptions): Plans, billing, and managing your Rolebase subscription. - [Import](https://rolebase.io/en/docs/import): Migrate your organizational structure from Holaspirit and other tools. - [Export](https://rolebase.io/en/docs/export): Export your organization data in XLSX or JSON format. ## Guides - [Run Your First Meeting](https://rolebase.io/en/guides/run-your-first-meeting): A step-by-step walkthrough to create, run, and close a meeting in Rolebase. - [Implement Holacracy with Rolebase](https://rolebase.io/en/guides/implement-holacracy): A practical, step-by-step guide to running Holacracy with Rolebase: roles, Lead and Rep Links, governance, and tactical meetings. - [Manage Projects with Roles](https://rolebase.io/en/guides/manage-projects): Run a cross-team project in Rolebase by creating a dedicated role that gathers the people, tasks, discussions, and decisions in one place. - [Raise and Process a Tension](https://rolebase.io/en/guides/raise-a-tension): Turn a tension into progress in Rolebase: open a discussion in the right role, then process it into a proposal, a task, or a decision. ## Developers - [Developers](https://rolebase.io/en/developers): Build on Rolebase with the GraphQL API and self-hosting. - [Install & Self-Host](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/install-self-host): Set up your development environment, run Rolebase locally and host your own instance. - [Permissions](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/permissions): How authorization works in Rolebase: org roles, circle leadership, governance modes, and how the rules are enforced in Hasura and mirrored in the app. - [Using the API](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/use-the-api): Build custom integrations and automations using the Rolebase GraphQL API. - [GraphQL API](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api): Access and manage your Rolebase organizations programmatically through the GraphQL API. - [tRPC API](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/trpc-api): Call the Rolebase backend procedures (tRPC) that complement the GraphQL API. ## GraphQL API Reference - [api_key](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/api_key): API Key, represents an API key for programmatic access to the Rolebase API. API keys authenticate and authorize integration with external applications and services. - [circle](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/circle): Circle, how it nests its members, roles and child circles, with every field and relationship the entity exposes in the GraphQL schema. - [circle_leader](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/circle_leader): Circle Leader, represents a leadership assignment within a circle. Circle leaders have special permissions for governance decisions and member management. - [circle_link](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/circle_link): Circle Link, represents a link between two circles, enabling cross-functional collaboration and representation of one circle within another beyond the parent-child hierarchy. - [circle_member](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/circle_member): Circle Member, represents a membership relationship between a member and a circle, tracking association status and history. - [circle_participant](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/circle_participant): Circle Participant, a computed view representing all participants in a circle, including direct members and inherited participants from child and linked circles. - [decision](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/decision): Decision, represents a formal decision made within a circle. Decisions track important choices, policies, and agreements, and can be referenced in threads and other entities for documentation. - [file](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/file): File, represents a stored file in Rolebase. Files can be associated with organizations and members for purposes such as profile pictures, document storage, and attachments. - [GraphQL Playground](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/playground): Explore the GraphQL schema and run queries straight from your browser. - [log](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/log): Log, represents an activity log entry tracking changes to entities, user actions, and providing an audit trail. Logs support undo/redo functionality through structured change tracking. - [meeting](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/meeting): Meeting, represents a scheduled meeting within a circle. Meetings support structured steps, attendee tracking, and video conferencing integration, and can be one-time or part of a recurring series. - [meeting_attendee](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/meeting_attendee): Meeting Attendee, tracks a member's participation in a meeting, including presence status and notification state. - [meeting_recurring](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/meeting_recurring): Meeting Recurring, defines the schedule, template, and settings for a recurring series of meetings within a circle. - [meeting_step](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/meeting_step): Meeting Step, represents a specific step or agenda item within a meeting, used to structure meetings and track progress through activities like notes, discussions, checklists, and tasks. - [meeting_template](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/meeting_template): Meeting Template, a reusable meeting configuration that defines the structure and flow of meetings, helping organizations standardize their meeting formats. - [member](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/member): Member, represents a member of an organization. Members can be assigned to roles, and participate in meetings and tasks. - [news](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/news): News, a unified view of recent activities aggregating active threads, decisions, and completed meetings. Provides a centralized activity feed across an organization. - [org](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/org): Organization, the top-level entity that contains all other entities such as circles, roles, members, meetings, and tasks. - [org_file](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/org_file): Organization File, represents an association between an organization and a file, enabling organization-level file management and access control. - [org_subscription](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/org_subscription): Organization Subscription, tracks the subscription plan, payment status, and Stripe integration details for an organization. - [role](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/role): Role, defines the purpose, domain, accountabilities, and other aspects of a position or function within an organization. Each circle is associated with a role. - [task](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/task): Task, represents a task or to-do item in Rolebase. Tasks are associated with circles, can be assigned to members, and support tracking progress with statuses and due dates. - [task_view](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/task_view): Task View, represents a custom view of tasks in Rolebase. Task views allow users to organize and filter tasks flexibly, supporting different task management methodologies like Kanban or Scrum. - [thread](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/thread): Thread, represents a discussion or conversation thread in Rolebase. Threads are associated with circles, support activities (messages), reactions, extra members, and can reference tasks, meetings, and decisions. - [thread_activity](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/thread_activity): Thread Activity, represents an activity or interaction within a thread. Activities include messages, polls, and references to other entities, forming the conversation content of a thread. - [thread_activity_reaction](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/thread_activity_reaction): Thread Activity Reaction, represents an emoji reaction to a thread activity. Reactions allow members to express quick responses to messages without creating new activities. - [thread_extra_member](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/thread_extra_member): Thread Extra Member, represents an additional member invited to participate in a thread beyond the default circle participants. Enables cross-circle collaboration by extending thread access. - [thread_poll_answer](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/thread_poll_answer): Thread Poll Answer, represents a member's response to a poll in a thread activity. Poll answers allow members to vote or provide structured responses to questions posed in thread polls. - [user_app](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/user_app): User App, represents a user's connected application or integration in Rolebase. Tracks application settings, preferences, and authentication details for third-party services like Google Calendar and Microsoft 365. - [users](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/graphql-api/users): Users, represents user accounts in Rolebase, managed by Hasura Auth. Contains profile information, authentication details, and relationships to organizations and roles. ## tRPC API Reference - [Organizations](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/trpc-api/organizations): tRPC procedures of the org router: create an organization, change its slug and governance mode, export, import, share and archive it. - [Members](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/trpc-api/members): tRPC procedures of the member router: invite a member, accept an invitation, change an access role, archive and restore. - [Roles](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/trpc-api/roles): tRPC procedures of the circle and proposal routers: archive a role with its whole subtree, restore it, resolve a proposal. - [Meetings](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/trpc-api/meetings): tRPC procedure of the meeting router, and the iCal feed that exposes an org calendar to external calendar clients. - [AI and search](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/trpc-api/ai-search): tRPC procedures of the ai and search routers: generate a role draft, summarize a meeting, get a scoped search key. - [Calendar apps](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/trpc-api/calendar-apps): tRPC procedures of the apps router: connect Google Calendar or Office 365, list and select calendars, disconnect an app. - [Subscriptions](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/trpc-api/subscriptions): tRPC procedures of the orgSubscription router: price previews, subscribe, cancel, invoices, payment method and billing details. - [Internal procedures](https://rolebase.io/en/developers/trpc-api/internal): tRPC procedures reserved for scheduled jobs, Hasura event triggers and platform administration, listed for reference. ## Blog - [Organizational Structure Types, from Functional to Flat](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/organizational-structures): Functional, divisional, matrix, hierarchical, flat: what each one groups, what it asks of coordination, and the size where each one stops working. - [Participative management: the 4 degrees of participation](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/participative-management): What participative management actually does, its four degrees, what the research measures, and the conditions that make it last. - [Lucidchart Alternative for a Living Org Chart](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/alternative-lucidchart): Rolebase replaces the org chart you redraw by hand rather than the diagram editor. Here is how it compares to Lucidchart on features, price and migration. - [Best Org Chart Software in 2026: 11 Tools Compared](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/best-org-chart-software): Eleven org chart tools compared on what they model, who updates them and what they cost. Prices, free tiers and ratings checked on 1 August 2026. - [Liberated Company: What Works and What Fails](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/liberated-company): Where the model comes from, what research actually measured, why so many attempts run out of steam, and what the ones that last do differently. - [Best Alternative to GlassFrog for Self-Managed Teams](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/alternative-glassfrog): Comparing GlassFrog and Rolebase for self-management: features, pricing, open source, and flexibility for teams beyond strict Holacracy. - [Best Loomio Alternative for Governance and Meetings](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/alternative-loomio): Discover how Rolebase combines structured decision-making with visual org charts and meeting management for self-governed teams. - [Best Alternative to Nestr for Self-Managed Organizations](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/alternative-nestr): Comparing Nestr and Rolebase for holacracy, sociocracy, and horizontal management, with an honest look at features, pricing, and open source transparency. - [Best Alternative to Peerdom for Team Governance and Meetings](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/alternative-peerdom): Looking beyond Peerdom? Rolebase pairs org chart visualization with structured meetings, tasks and asynchronous collaboration, on open-source code. - [Best Alternative to Talkspirit in 2026](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/alternative-holaspirit): Open-source, affordable, and built for self-managed teams: discover why organizations are switching from Holaspirit to Rolebase. - [How to actually make project handovers between teams efficient](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/project-handovers): The passing of the baton between teams is oftentimes very tricky. But it doesn't have to be. Here's how to make project handovers seamless and efficient. - [The no.1 pitfall of business owners when scaling, and how to avoid it](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/scaling-pitfall): Scaling doesn't have to be hard if you follow these 3 principles. - [How to Run a Productive Team Meeting](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/productive-meetings): Decide whether the meeting should exist, write its goal as a question, keep the invite list short, and leave the room with actions that carry a name. - [The subtle but constant ways your team is losing energy and focus](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/team-energy-loss): Your team is losing energy, focus and the ability to do deep work, and you're not even aware of it. Here's how to reclaim it. - [Self-management: why the 1970s wave was shut down](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/management-movement): Lip, General Foods, Volvo: what the 1970s self-management experiments proved, why management shut them down, and what survived. - [The dynamic org chart, or the org chart of the future](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/dynamic-org-chart): A 21st century business needs an org chart that is proactive, decentralised, still connected to the whole organisation, and that makes every member a leader. - [Company hierarchy: 5 structural problems](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/hierarchy-problems): Founders add a management layer as they grow. Five evidence-backed reasons the pyramid slows knowledge work down, and what replaces it. - [Holacracy vs sociocracy: the differences that matter](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/holacracy-vs-sociocracy): Holacracy locks its rules into a ratified constitution, sociocracy leaves them open. The real differences, what each one costs, and which to choose. - [Open Source Org Chart Software: 6 Tools Compared](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/open-source-org-chart-tools): Six open source tools for your org chart, with their license, best use and limits. Some tools on the usual lists are open source in name only. - [Giving Peer Feedback That Actually Helps](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/peer-feedback): Concrete wording, rewritten examples, what to do when feedback lands nowhere, and the limits the research has documented. - [Governance Meeting: The Full Process, Step by Step](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/governance-meeting): The Holacracy and sociocratic formats, what makes an objection valid, a realistic 90-minute run sheet, and the facilitation mistakes that keep recurring. - [Tactical Meeting: The Seven-Step Process Explained](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/tactical-meeting): The seven steps of article 3.2 of the Holacracy Constitution, a realistic run sheet, real triage examples, and what the facilitator cuts off. - [Consent Decision Making: How the Process Works](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/consent-decision): Where the method comes from, how a consent round runs, what makes an objection valid, and the decisions it handles badly. - [Election Without Candidates: The Process, Step by Step](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/election-without-candidate): The sociocratic sequence and Holacracy's integrative process, the facilitator's exact words, what to do about ties and refusals, and what it costs. - [Roles vs Job Descriptions: What Each One Is For](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/roles-vs-job-descriptions): A job description serves the contract and the hiring process. A role describes the actual work. Where the line sits, and how to run both. - [Circle Lead: leadership in holacracy](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/holacracy-leader): Lead Link became Circle Lead in 2021. What the constitution grants the role, where its authority stops, and how a manager handles the switch. - [Team communication: clarify who decides what](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/team-communication): When nobody knows who decides what, a team compensates by communicating more. What a written role fixes, and what it leaves open. - [Flat vs Hierarchical Organizational Structure](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/flat-vs-hierarchical): What each structure buys you, the point where a flat organization breaks, and the one criterion that actually settles the choice. - [Horizontal Leadership: What Managers Lose and Gain](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/horizontal-leadership): What research actually says about shared leadership, what a manager loses when authority spreads out, and how to spot horizontality that is only for show. - [Horizontal Management: 13 Straight Answers](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/horizontal-faq): Who decides in the end, how you fire someone, who does the thankless work, what size it breaks at. Thirteen documented answers on horizontal management. - [Horizontal structure: the 15-point checklist](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/horizontal-checklist): Fifteen items, each with a done-test and what breaks if you skip it, plus the six lines worth deleting from the usual list. - [How to Define Roles in a Horizontal Organization](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/define-roles): Purpose, domain, accountabilities: how to write a role that lasts, with real examples and the mistakes that hollow one out. - [Collaborative Governance: What It Actually Takes](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/collaborative-governance): Two lineages behind one term, the conditions that make shared governance hold, and the places where it breaks most often. - [Horizontal vs Vertical Management: Who Decides What](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/horizontal-vs-vertical): What separates horizontal from vertical management is where decisions get made. The number of layers on the org chart matters less. - [How to transition to horizontal management](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/horizontal-transition): What Buurtzorg, Morning Star and Bayer teach about flattening an organization, and the order of steps that makes it hold. - [7 Tools for Horizontal Teams, and Where Each One Stops](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/horizontal-tools): Rolebase, Trello, Miro, Slack, Confluence, Google Workspace and Clockify: what each one is good at, where it stops, and prices checked in July 2026. - [How to Write Meeting Minutes Your Team Will Reread](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/meeting-minutes): A short method to capture decisions during the meeting itself, so the minutes take minutes to write and turn into usable internal documentation. - [Effective Remote Meetings: Our Secrets for Hybrid or Fully Remote Companies](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/remote-meetings): Whether your company is hybrid or fully remote, mastering best practices for remote meetings is essential to ensure productivity and collaboration. Optimize your remote meetings with our proven tips. - [Meeting overload: what the research actually says](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/meeting-overload): How much time meetings really take, what they cost in focus, and the changes that lighten the calendar while keeping teams coordinated. - [How to Give Constructive Feedback with the OSCAR Method](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/oscar-feedback): Five steps to turn a difficult conversation into a clear agreement: outcome, situation, choices, actions and review, with a concrete example. - [Holacracy: how it works and what it costs](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/holacracy-intro): Roles, circles, the constitution, the two meetings: how holacracy actually works, what it delivers, what it demands, and what the numbers say. - [Sociocracy: the 4 principles, the history, the limits](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/sociocracy-intro): Who actually invented sociocracy, how consent, double linking and elections without candidates work, and where the model runs out of road. - [Role Based Management, and How to Apply It in a Team](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/role-based-management): Break down silos by assigning work to roles instead of job titles. The principles of RBM, what it changes day to day, and the tool we built to run it. - [How to Create an Org Chart for Your Company!](https://rolebase.io/en/blog/create-org-chart): Build a readable org chart in a few clicks, share it with your team and keep it accurate as roles change. The free options are compared here. ## Case Studies - [Lonestone successfully established shared governance to support its growth](https://rolebase.io/en/client-cases/lonestone): Lonestone helps clients build SaaS products, apps, video games, and websites to the highest quality standards. Discover how Lonestone established shared governance to support its growth. - [Scop EVEA mapped and optimized its shared governance with a dynamic org chart](https://rolebase.io/en/client-cases/scop-evea): Since 2005, Scop EVEA has been helping organizations move toward more responsible products and services. Discover how they mapped and optimized their shared governance with a dynamic org chart. ## Glossary - [Accountability](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/redevabilite): The obligation to justify actions and decisions, both shared and individual, with the goal of fostering transparency. - [Agile](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/agile): A qualifier used to define that a process, practice, or any element follows the best practices of agile methodologies. - [Agile Methodologies](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/methodes-agiles): Iterative, adaptive approaches that promote collaboration and flexibility within the organization. - [Brian Robertson](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/brian-robertson): Co-creator of the Holacracy method, influential on topics related to organizational change and management. - [Change Management](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/conduite-du-changement): Change management involves a guided transition aimed at ensuring smooth adaptations to evolve the organization effectively. - [Checklist](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/checklist): Used in aviation, healthcare and project management to make sure every step is done, in the same order, every time, without relying on memory. - [Circle](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/cercle): Circles are groups with a specific mission and the responsibility to make decisions within their associated domain. - [Consent](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/consentement): Consent is agreement without objection in collaborative decision-making. - [David Allen](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/david-allen): Author in the field of productivity and creator of the GTD method. Influential in time and task management, organization, and personal effectiveness. - [Decision](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/decision): Decisions are choices based on consent at the end of a meeting or on a circle's autonomy, influencing direction or action. - [Design Thinking](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/design-thinking): A creative, user-centered approach that fosters innovation and problem-solving. - [Domain](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/domaine): A scope of action or decision assigned to a circle or a role, guiding its responsibilities. - [Facilitator](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/facilitateur): A collaboration catalyst whose purpose is to foster smooth processes and collective decision-making during meetings or on a given topic. - [Feedback](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/feedback): Feedback consists of constructive responses, essential for learning and continuous improvement. - [Feedback OSCAR](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/feedback-oscar): The OSCAR method helps deliver constructive and engaging feedback. A valuable asset for collaboration and tension resolution. - [Frédéric Laloux](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/frederic-laloux): Author of Reinventing Organizations, promoting an evolutionary model of conscious enterprises. Influential in organizational thinking and management. - [Governance](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/gouvernance): Governance is the distribution of authority into decision-making structures to guide the organization and foster collaboration. - [Governance Meeting](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/reunion-de-gouvernance): A structured exchange aimed at making key decisions and ensuring alignment according to the organization's governance model. - [Holacracy](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/holacratie): An organizational management system aimed at employee autonomy, based on roles, circles, and distributed decision-making. - [Horizontal Organization](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/organisation-horizontale): A flat structure where responsibilities and influence are distributed equally to encourage autonomy and collective decision-making. - [Indicator](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/indicateur): Indicators are metrics that evaluate the progress of a role, circle, or member in order to guide the organization toward its goals. - [Meeting](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/reunion): Meetings are collaborative gatherings that facilitate information sharing and coordination to advance toward shared goals. - [Muda](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/muda): Discover the concept of 'Muda', a key continuous improvement approach aimed at eliminating wasteful activities to optimize organizational efficiency. - [Note](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/note): Note-taking captures ideas, clarifies actions and expectations. It is an essential support for collaboration and follow-up. - [Org Chart](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/organigramme): The org chart is a dynamic structure where teams are organized into autonomous circles, each with specific responsibilities. - [Poka-Yoke](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/poka-yoke): Discover Poka-Yoke: a smart approach to error prevention in system and process design. - [Purpose](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/raison-detre): The vital foundation of a circle or role, it motivates action and expresses its deeper meaning. - [Quaker](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/quaker): Practitioners of Quakerism, favoring consensus, equality, shared values, and influences on sociocracy. - [Role](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/role): Roles are clearly defined functions responsible for specific tasks, encouraging autonomy and innovation. - [Sociocracy](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/sociocratie): An organizational management system based on participatory governance, consent, circles, roles, equal voice, and adaptability. - [Tactical Meeting](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/reunion-tactique): An operational meeting aimed at coordinating actions and optimizing processes to achieve organizational objectives. - [Task](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/tache): Tasks are specific, measurable work items that stem from defined roles within circles. They are transparently assigned to competent members. - [Teal Organization](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/organisation-opale): A self-organized model aligned with values that encourages responsibility and collaboration within the organization. - [Tension](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/tension): Tensions represent unmet needs and serve as a driver for improvement and organizational change. - [Toyota Production System](https://rolebase.io/en/glossary/toyota-production-system): Discover the Toyota Production System (TPS): a globally recognized management method focused on eliminating waste.