Author: Sociocracy For All
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Sociocracy for informal groups including short courses and other gatherings (Rakesh “Rootsman Rak”)
Many of us have implemented or used sociocracy in well-established groups or projects where we have time to train people to get them up to speed. But what about for short-term projects, where we do not necessarily have so much time. Rakesh has used sociocracy in many such situations, from one-day conferences to residential training…
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Sociocracy in Big Data: A case study with Hertzler Systems
The primary source of the information in this case study came from a 2021 interview with Byron Shetler, CEO of Hertzler Systems Inc. HERTZLER QUICK FACTS Location: Goshen, IN […]
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Team OD with Sociocracy & Kanban in a Korean Company (Hyunhee Ju)
Bio: Hyunhee Ju is the CEO of Liink Consulting Co., Ltd. and Korea’s first Sociocratic certified consultant. She supervised the Korean translation of “We the People” (written by John […]
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Beyond Fair Shares: A Sociocratic UK Cooperative Society – Nathaniel Whitestone
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Learn about a society model that brings together the Sociocratic Neighbourhood Circle (aka Neighbourhood Parliament), cohousing development, and local multistakeholder coop.
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Analyzing the power (harmful and/or generative) dynamics in your team – Rebecca Fisher-McGinty
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Often, our cooperatives are formed as a response or alternative to the destructive power dynamics in the mainstream hyper-capitalist and oppressive systems. However, it often takes some unlearning and new structures to help us create the workspaces that we dream of.
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Introducing en route sociocratic elements to a radical worker cooperative – Orestis Varkarolis
Disorganization and overwhelmed general assemblies have long been documented to be the reality of radical worker cooperatives. Does sociocracy offer a way out that fits the vision of radical co-operators? In this presentation, we reflect upon a case study on an attempt to introduce bits of sociocratic governance into a radical cooperative in Greece.
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Designing sociocratic co-op structures in the UK – Mark Simmonds
An exploration of the constraints that UK legal structures impose on the implementation of sociocratic governance in co-operatives and how we might create governing documents that work within these constraints.
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Creating the climate where Sociocratic principles can thrive. 6 months in the life of “Building OUT” – Abi Handley
Building OUT is Outlandish’s programme of services and workshops that can build any team’s Openness, Understanding & Trust (see what we did there?). It’s delivered by practitioners from co-operatives that really use the tools we share in their everyday work.
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Mehr als Wohnen — housing coop – Andreas Geiger
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About a “satellite apartment” with 10 other adults at the ambitious mehralswohnen.ch housing coop in Zurich, Switzerland. Since 2017 we have been practicing sociocracy for our monthly circle meetings (to discuss issues, make decisions, manage our money) and open votes to select new flatmates.
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Bringing wisdom into today’s governance models
Watch the full webinar about bringing wisdom from the past and the future into today’s governance models and see how ancestral values connect with sociocracy. The Iroquois Confederacy is considered […]
