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The day I consented to a proposal I hated

Sociocracy and virtual meetings – engaging, clear and fair

Could sociocracy be used to self-govern a country?
Comparison of decision-making methods

Relationship magic
Getting to consent
Policy vs. operations
Many Voices Sing One Song
What needs to go into a governance agreement? (workshop recording)

Org structure of the Greek sociocratic center

Agile Coaching Network. Building an octopus organization and supporting sustainability
Meeting clip: accepting a new member
Meeting clip: circle report
Meeting clip: selection process
Meeting clip: writing a proposal
Meeting clip: ADMIN phase

Case study of Treehouse Ecohousing

Organizational structure in sociocracy
See a selection process during a training

Is sociocracy ‘teal’?

You only need _________ to fix how organizations are run

Group decision making, and how sociocracy helps

Platform co-op governance: deep democracy on scale
Circle structure of Pioneer Valley cohousing

Pop-up sociocracy

Saying yes! to working and no! to stumbling blocks

Sociocracy: The Worker Co-op Operating System

Manifesto For Wholesome Cooperation. Sociocracy and cooperatives
IT tools for sociocracy: holaspirit
IT tools for sociocracy: maptio
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Codento
Codento is a Finnish consultancy company based on sustainable software development where customer satisfaction is the most important, even if that means to recommend other companies to potential clients. They grow up together with customers helping those on achieving their goals and expectations.
Case study: Our Journey Investigating Scalability in For-Profit Organisations
When the Swiss design and development agency Nothing AG spun-off one of their internal products into an independent business called Peerdom, the Peerdom team initially started by replicating their mother company’s implementation of sociocracy.
Sociocracia en la Nueva Era (Diego Cuadra)
Diego Cuadra. Estamos viviendo tiempos extraordinarios, tiempos de grandes cambios. Muchas tradiciones y pueblos, Hindúes, Incas, Mayas, Mapuches, muchos pueblos nativos americanos, Judíos y también está escrito en la Biblia, han hablado durante siglos del término de un gran ciclo y el inicio de otro de mayor armonía y paz. Hoy en tiempos de Cornonavirus hay por un lado un cierto optimismo y/o esperanza de que pronto volveremos a la “normalidad” perdida.
Scottish Communities Climate Action Network (SCCAN)
Case study of sociocracy in SCCAN. Its mission is “To inspire and promote, connect and support community-led action in Scotland to address the Climate Emergency.”
Enkindle Village School
Enkindle Village School is the first independent democratic school in North Queensland, Australia. Egalitarian in nature, the school is founded on democratic principles, with the belief that everyone affected by a decision should have a voice in that decision.
Holacracy and sociocracy
Holacracy and sociocracy, how are they the same, how are they different? This article provides an overview of the differences and similarities.
Sociocracy in large groups?
Sociocracy was developed with small groups in mind. When and how can we apply it to large groups?
Sociocracy and Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
How similar are sociocracy and NVC? How do they complement each other?
What I learned about sociocracy in crisis mode
Are sociocratic organizations more responsive than top-down hierarchies? Read a case study of two sociocratic organizations – a community and an NGO workplace – and their responses to the covid crisis.
Sociocracy Introduction (presentation and Q&A)
This webinar is giving an overview of sociocracy.
– better listening
– consent decision making and circle structure
– examples from real life!
The day I consented to a proposal I hated
It was yet another Thursday morning 7.30am – our weekly support circle meeting in Sociocracy For All with 3 staff people present. We were all stretched thin. The last few months had been a phase of wild growth, and although exciting and wonderful, the constantly evolving roles and processes had been wearing on us.
Sociocracy and virtual meetings – engaging, clear and fair
I’m in virtual meetings every day. Here is what I love about them!
Could sociocracy be used to self-govern a country?
Sociocracy is a way to govern organizations in a way so everyone’s voices are valued and heard, while still moving forward together. Given the divisiveness and bipartisanship in our societies, doesn’t that sound desirable?
Relationship magic
Sometimes people tell me that what sociocracy does to groups is “magic”. I agree that it’s not uncommon that people who had never met before create meaningful connection and deeply care about each other already after a few meetings. I am assuming rounds contribute...
Getting to consent
A presentation about what consent decision making is, how to get there and what to do if there is no consent.