What difference does being “chaordic” make to the URI in everyday management?
Working in a chaordic organization continues to be an experiment and an odyssey into the unknown. No organization knows fully how to be a chaordic organization. It is imagined that one day “everyday management” will be revolutionized and made more harmonious with the well-being of the Earth as people learn how to apply chaordic principles and practices. Luckily, the URI is committed to organizational learning and adaptation and is not required to know how to be a chaordic organization over night. URI trustees, staff, and members agree to work for one another’s success, to make mistakes, to experiment with innovative ideas and different ways of working together. Trustees, staff and members understand they are part of a pioneering venture and commit to learn while doing. Some innovative ideas and qualities that mark a chaordic organization: 1. Are centrally bound by mutually agreed upon the Purpose and Principles. In terms of everyday management this means: it is important to understand
