A presentation about what consent decision making is, how to get there and what to do if there is no consent. Slides are here: http://ow.ly/Sgwp50ygwet
Let's take care of the power, that we can take care of ourselves Part II of the series "Hints Towards a Liberation Sociocracy". Read part I here. "No one liberates anyone, nor does anyone liberate himself alone. People liberate themselves in communion." - Paulo...
Conflict is hard, can lead to rifts in relationships, and also make an organization crash and burn. It can be all too easy to push disagreements under the rug, ignore intense feelings in order to keep going with running the business and accomplishing the goals of an organization.
The key promise of sociocracy is that all voices matter. In reality our current sociocracy practices are not enough to overcome the way society systemically oppresses the voices of people from poor, non-white, transgender, disabled, et cetera, backgrounds. In this article I define equity, make an argument for why combining equity and sociocracy is so powerful, and share five strategies for embedding equity into sociocratic governance.
