Category: Topic
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The Difference Between Whole-Group Consensus and Dynamic Governance/Sociocracy
A recurring question in our teaching is to describe the difference between consensus and consent, and between whole-group consensus and Dynamic Governance (sociocracy) used in a community or a cooperative. […]
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A collective permaculture mandate with sociocracy (Henny Freitas)
The Permacultural Collective Mandate of Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil, was born with transparency, equivalence, efficiency, and a dynamic structure, capable of seeking unity within diversity. As a movement that seeks to keep people’s culture alive through caring for the Earth, caring for each other, and sharing knowledge and resources (human, natural and financial) fairly,…
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How SoFA uses sociocracy (webinar recording)
How does the nonprofit Sociocracy For All use sociocracy? Our refinements added to sociocracy allow for more flexibility and better community-support. Have a look!
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What is a Help Desk?
After using sociocracy “by the book” for years and very successfully, we have started to introduce a new concept: a Help Desk circle. It introduces a small but extremely powerful nuance in what circles are and how we can decentralize decisions and operations while empowering everyone in the organization in moving things forward that they…
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Hager Homestead Case Study
Hager Homestead is a community in Littleton, Massachusetts (United States) working to form the first 55+ cohousing community in New England.
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How fast do you want to go?
Are self-management tools like sociocracy and Holacracy slow and bureaucratic? Or are they fast and agile?
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National, regional and local chapters – expanding sociocracy
This article shows how sociocratic circle structures of small, nested, linked circles can connect while keeping each group and each meeting meaningful while making sure information and services can flow through the organization. In addition to standard sociocratic tools of linked circles, this article also makes use of two additional tools: the function of a…