Category: Sociocracy
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Sociocracy workshop at Ängsbacka
Ängsbacka Kursgård hosted the first Sociocracy workshop in Sweden June 4-5, 2013. The training was provided by Diana Leafe Christian. The vision of the workshop was to show how things can be better in the future. Sociocracy gives people in organizations the opportunity to enjoy transparent, equivalent, and effective self-governing. The workshop provided information, helpful…
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Creative forces of self-organization
After reading We the People: Consenting to a Deeper Democracy by John Buck and Sharon Villines, I have become very interested in sociocracy, a.k.a. dynamic governance. Gerard Endenburg, who started pioneering and applying dynamic governance, has recently written an interesting article about the Creative Forces of Self-Organization together with John Buck. In this article, they…
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Dynamic Governance is FUNDAMENTALLY different
I became very enthusiastic when I first heard about sociocracy, or Dynamic Governance. Here’s a video series by Ted Millich where he describes what sociocracy, is, how sociocracy works, and what is fundamentally different about sociocracy: Beyond Democracy 1 – What is the Next Step in the Evolution of Human Governance Beyond Democracy 2 –…
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Contrasting Sociocracy and Holacracy
Sociocracy is an interesting dynamic governance method which is described in We the People. Aspects of sociocracy are incorporated into Holacracy. This video contrasts the underlying intentions and practical differences between the two methods. I think this is an example of where the same principles, but with different intentions, leads to different practices. I would…
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Motivation – It’s not about the money
Research shows that the three factors which are most important in improving the performance of all tasks (except purely mechanical tasks) are autonomy, mastery, and purpose. John Schinnerer explains in Motivation – It’s Not About The Money how these factors are built into sociocratic organizations.
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Let’s take self-organization seriously
We are in the middle of December and the days are short up here in the northern part of Europe, but it’s not only a dark time of the year. I have recently encountered musings about the darkness in the world in the books I have read. Margaret Wheatley writes for example in her new…
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John Buck explains sociocracy
John Buck, one of the authors of We the People: Consenting to a Deeper Democracy, explains sociocracy / dynamic governance in this video. He is interviewed by Jim Rough, the originator of the wisdom council process. Related posts: Sociocracy requires a new mindset Scrum vs. Sociocracy Sociocratic principles can be implemented in many ways Sociocracy is…
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Book Review: We the People
We the People: Consenting to a Deeper Democracy by John Buck and Sharon Villines is an important book! It gives a viable and very practical alternative to the traditional command-and-control management approach which we are so used to in our businesses and organizations. The sociocratic structure described in the book is fundamentally different from traditional…
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Leadership and dynamic self-governance
I am currently reading We the People by John Buck and Sharon Villines, which is a book about dynamic self-governance or sociocracy. The concept of leadership goes much deeper in a self-governed organization than in a traditional autocratic organization, because leadership is the responsibility of all. Each person is expected to take part in both…
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Dynamic self-governance through decisions by consent and double-linked circles
I am currently reading We the People by John Buck and Sharon Villines. This is a book about dynamic self-governance or sociocracy. What I find most fascinating is that sociocractic organizations are dynamic by design. The organizational structure is such that the organization quickly can adjust and adapt to changed circumstances through a simultaneous leading-doing-measuring…