Category: Articles
Keeping meetings short
Long meetings are a pain. Let’s make them shorter. Here are the tools that sociocracy has to offer.
To decide or not to decide?
3 decisions every young organization will make. They will happen either way, either consciously with a good and inclusive system, or unconsciously with old biases kicking in. Which would you rather do?
Sociocracy a la carte?
Can one just pick and choose from sociocracy and build your own governance system? Or is it a package deal and one has to use ALL the tools?
A facilitator’s guide to keeping meetings on track
Stop overthinking. Start doing. Improve from there.
How to design a new circle structure (for an existing organization)
This is a step-by-step guide to designing a circle structure when you want to transition your existing organization to sociocracy.
Everyday sociocracy
How can we use sociocracy in everyday life? How is it useful to interactions, for example, with your kids, your partners, your neighbor?
Common pitfalls for implementation of sociocracy
A change in governance or an organization can be compared to open-heart surgery. Just like heart surgery is invasive for a human organism, so is a change in governance. Recognizing that is key to understanding pitfalls in implementing sociocracy.
Self-determination – only with co-determination
(By Simona Zäh, Switzerland. Translated from German original) In my last blog entry, I pleaded for more self-determination in schools – and only in passing did I mention that one […]
NVC Feelings and Needs List
What are nonviolent communication’s universal feelings and needs? Everyone experiences similar basic human feelings and needs. Nonviolent Communication (also known as NVC or compassionate communication) centers around identifying our feelings […]
3 common struggles in sociocratic organizations
Governance is never complete and “done”. It needs constant maintenance and fine-tuning. To help you prevent challenges or yo get you past them if you’re already experiencing them, I am […]
