What needs to go into a governance agreement? (workshop recording)

In this webinar, Jerry Koch-Gonzalez is walking the audience through a sample governance agreement (aka “constitution”) that is needed to safely implement sociocracy in an organization. Creative Commons – attribution to www.sociocracyforall.org 2020

Link to the sample document: http://ow.ly/Rw5N50y7jJy

Further SoFA Reading

Power

Articles

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...

Lessons Learned on Conflict in a Sociocratic School

Articles, Delivery element, Education

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.

5 Strategies for Combining Equity with Sociocracy

Articles, Audience, Community, Delivery element, General, Social justice

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.