Category: Global Sociocracy Conference 2021

Enlightening the common points between the two paths and how sociocracy as a government system where power is shared and work is done from collective intelligence helps groups to move towards good living, resilience and care for Mother Earth. We will share concrete examples, successes and challenges of transition initiatives that have embraced the sociocracy.

The Now What?! global gathering is a twice-yearly event first held in March 2019. The Apr-May 2021 edition is using Sociocracy. We will share learnings about how this works in a pop-up context, including our experience blending synchronous and asynchronous spaces in lieu of live Circle meetings with all members present as a way for…

Since we got used to do meetings on Zoom, I see that people often straight away dive into their topic, without checking in with each other. I would like to bring honor to the Opening and Closing round for Zoom meetings, hearing from you how and if you use them. I will give you powerful…

In dynamic governance, we tend to focus on structures and processes to guide us in collaboration. There’s an essential missing ingredient to facilitating and participating in these spaces: personal development. Our participatory spaces benefit from prioritizing personal development that builds the collective and the individual. In this session, we will explore personal development and offer…

I’ll demonstrate an effective, engaging way to show how Proposal-Forming works when teaching it to others. On a template everyone can see on a large screen, someone types Aspects of the issue into one column in the template while these are being brainstormed, and later does the same with specific Proposal Ideas. Doing it this…

Organic Organizations (O2) is a social technology based on Sociocracy 3.0 and Holacracy adapted to a Brazilian context, that helps organizations to become more adaptive, self-organized and purpose-centered. It is composed of a set of essential rules (its “Meta-Agreements”) plus a library of constantly evolving organizational patterns.

Pocante was born with the purpose of building a more authentic and human, fairer and freer, lighter and funnier, more resilient and dynamic future. A year later, we are 23 members around Brazil and figured out that our largest direct impact is not on NGOs but on people’s way of living – members, partners, social…

Living sociocracy requires major culture change. Existing behaviors will not generate different results, yet most of us resist changing our behavior. What specific challenges – and breakthroughs – have you experienced in experimenting with sociocracy? John will present several examples, and then invite participants to share their own. Bring your concise stories of changing default…