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Pathfinder
An introduction to sociocracy (Abbie Kempson)
Decision Making through conflict

Sociocracy & Montessori

A facilitator’s guide to keeping meetings on track

The Holy Grail of Self-management

Decision-making methods: a comparison

The sociocratic meeting format

The myth of natural flow

Want less authoritarian structures? Not without communication skills!

3 tools from sociocracy to use right away, plus magic phrases

Keeping meetings short

To decide or not to decide?

Sociocracy a la carte?

How to design a new circle structure (for existing organizations)

Sociocracy Handbook: Many Voices One Song

Everyday sociocracy
Permatopia
Morey Flextech school
Learn to change

Common pitfalls for implementation of sociocracy
Skills for a VUCA world
Nothing – a design company
Woodard Lane Cohousing

Sociocratic elections of a class representative
Dragon Dreaming (Session 1 & 2)
Middesex cohousing
Treehouse cohousing
Casa latina
Eden cohousing
Introduction articles
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Organizational structure in sociocracy
Circle structure in sociocracy: nested circles, linking, helping circles and special circles.
Is sociocracy ‘teal’?
Many of us have been and continue to be inspired by Reinventing Organizations by Frederic Laloux. While there is reference to Holacracy in Reinventing Organizations, there is not much direct reference to sociocracy. So, where does sociocracy fit in?
You only need _________ to fix how organizations are run
What do new organizations need? Better structure, better mindset, better communication?
Group decision making, and how sociocracy helps
A brief read on why governance matters and how sociocracy improves decision making in groups.
Platform co-op governance: deep democracy on scale
An article about governance of (large) platform coops and the tweaks we’d have to make to use sociocracy successfully.
Pop-up sociocracy
How can you use sociocracy for a small project? How can you use it for a group that is just starting out and not ready to adopt a whole system?
Saying yes! to working and no! to stumbling blocks
What’s an objection, and what do we do with it? The good news is that objections are a good thing!
Sociocracy: The Worker Co-op Operating System
Sociocracy: The Worker Co-op Operating System (By John McNamara. Originally posted on workersparadise.) Over the last couple of years, I have had the incredible opportunity to work with Sociocracy For All (SoFA). This organization has worked diligently to bring the...
Manifesto For Wholesome Cooperation. Sociocracy and cooperatives
Sociocracy and cooperativism stem from the premise that humans thrive as social animals. We need each other. No human effort, made by a lone individual, succeeds. See how sociocracy and coops are a natural fit.
IT tools for sociocracy: Sutra
Sutra is an IT tool that supports communication in small groups (circles) and makes it easy to nest teams in teams to support sociocratic implementations.
IT tools for sociocracy: weaver
Weaver is an IT tool that was designed for sociocratic organizations.
IT tools for sociocracy: holaspirit
Holaspirit helps self-managed organizations keep track their circles, roles, tensions and documents.
IT tools for sociocracy: maptio
An IT tool to display circles and roles for self-managed organizations.
IT tools for sociocracy: peerdom
An IT tool to display roles and circles with their holders and attached descriptions.
SoLaWi
Solawi Bodensee is a German association with around 90 members. Solawi is an acronym for “Solidarische Landwirtschaft” which is translated as “solidary agriculture” and meaning “sharing the harvest”. It is similar to the US-concept of CSA, Community Supported Agriculture.