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Governance: the language of collaboration

Dec 31, 2020

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What can natural languages teach us about self-governance? The language of collaboration: When two humans talk, they use language to make sense of the world and to connect. Governance is the language of groups to connect and to get things done. Language works in all kinds of ways: People use language to describe the world…

Co-op principles align with Sociocracy

Dec 27, 2020

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Abbie Kempson

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Sociocracy and cooperatives both share values – from the self-help and self-responsibility of organising collectively to solve problems and improve our lives, prioritising a form of deeply democratic participative governance, and supporting equality, equity and solidarity.

Case study: Asheville Movement Collective

Dec 14, 2020

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AMC is a dynamic dance community focus in Asheville. It has achieved remarkable success, acknowledged as largely due to the adoption of Sociocracy in 2009. The resulting growth in membership was well-managed; the organization was growing in responsiveness to the many pressures of the various dance communities it attracted into its membership, and it recognizes…

R:ekobyn i Röstånga – a forming community

Nov 26, 2020

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R:ekobyn is a forming ecovillage in rural Sweden. R:ekobyn encourages local businesses and plans to lease part of the land to new businesses to bring back daily social life to the village, reduce the need to commute.

Bridport Cohousing and Sociocracy

Nov 19, 2020

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“What is in store for Bridport Cohousing and Sociocracy? ‘We’ll just get better at it!’ laughs Judith. ’Nobody has suggested dropping it. The opposite in fact – using Sociocracy has helped us attract new members.’”

Allen Vernier: Experimenting with sociocracy in a top-down-context

Nov 13, 2020

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Discussion between two cultures, discussion between a subsidiary and its owner. This presentation based on a business case will deal with the opportunity for command and control companies to test sociocracy and with potential obstacles and constraints.

Institutional support for conflict resolution

Oct 29, 2020

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What can circles and organizations do to prevent and address conflict? What is institutional support for conflict resolution? We look at tools like governance agreements, conflict resolution circles, resolution groups, and how to exclude someone from a circle.