Category: Delivery element
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Los principios de las cooperativas se alinean con la sociocracia
Tanto la sociocracia como las cooperativas comparten valores: desde la autoayuda y la autorresponsabilidad de organizarse colectivamente para resolver problemas y mejorar nuestras vidas, dando prioridad a una forma de gobernanza participativa profundamente democrática, y apoyando la igualdad, la equidad y la solidaridad.
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5 Strategies for Combining Equity with Sociocracy
The key promise of sociocracy is that all voices matter. In reality our current sociocracy practices are not enough to overcome the way society systemically oppresses the voices of people from poor, non-white, transgender, disabled, et cetera, backgrounds. In this article I define equity, make an argument for why combining equity and sociocracy is so…
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Robert’s Rules and Sociocracy: A Comparison
The word democracy comes from the Greek “demos”, and is the shared rule of the people. The original meaning of democracy is a very large umbrella, of which majority rules is only one subset. Sociocracy, on the other hand, derives from “socios,” and means “the rule of the associates.” Sociocracy is one form of democracy…
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Hager Homestead Case Study
Hager Homestead is a community in Littleton, Massachusetts (United States) working to form the first 55+ cohousing community in New England.
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Educating the Village – embedding sociocracy in a cohousing community
Treehouse Village Ecohousing Webinar shares the successes and challenges their community has faced.
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Sociocracy in nonprofits (presentation)
Despite best intentions, many non-profits still copy the hierarchical structures of corporate businesses and replicate the power systems that are contributing to the societal issues we see. How could nonprofits benefit from self-organization and shared power?
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How fast do you want to go?
Are self-management tools like sociocracy and Holacracy slow and bureaucratic? Or are they fast and agile?
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Roles de círculo
La coordinación, representación, secretaría y facilitación son roles que ayudan al funcionamiento del círculo.
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National, regional and local chapters – expanding sociocracy
This article shows how sociocratic circle structures of small, nested, linked circles can connect while keeping each group and each meeting meaningful while making sure information and services can flow through the organization. In addition to standard sociocratic tools of linked circles, this article also makes use of two additional tools: the function of a…
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Clarity and empowerment: What is a domain?
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in Articles, Audience, Business, Community, Coop, Delivery element, Education, NGO, Permaculture, TopicDomains in sociocracy – while they are innocent-looking, they are the foundation that makes sociocracy so transformative – with empowerment, and clarity! So what are domains? Each circle has an aim (a description of what they do), and a domain (a statement of what they are responsible for and have authority over). Why is it…