Do you remember being confused about the purpose of a meeting? Facilitate a meeting like a pro today with these tips.
Let’s say you identify an issue that you think needs to be addressed or a problem that needs to be solved. How do you go from noticing the issue to making a decision?
Meeting time is precious, so it’s a matter of respect to be clear about our intentions first. And the good news is there’s a framework that makes this easy.
Jerry Koch-Gonzalez | If a circle can’t make a decision despite trying, the decision may move to the next-higher circle. The end of this chain is the highest circle in the organization, often the Mission Circle or the Board of Directors. But what happens if that circle can’t make a decision?
Nonviolent communication is a method of communicating based on universal human feelings and needs.
Meeting time is lifetime shared with others. How do we share these resources well? This article highlights Prosocial’s Core Design Principles with the example of meeting time as a common pool resource and shows how tools from sociocracy help share time in a collaborative way.
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Sociocracy. The operating system of the New Economy.
Whether small groups can use sociocracy in a meaningful way in small organizations is a recurring topic with my clients and students. This article is an attempt to answer the most typical questions.
Have you ever felt stuck in a meeting? This downloadable cheat sheet for facilitators has all of the key components of sociocratic facilitation on one page!