Category: CONTENTS
Prosocial Schools and Sociocracy (Peter Bullock)
Nobel Laureate Lin Ostrom uncovered a set of design principles for activating a uniquely elaborated human capacity to help, cooperate and share power with others. Prosocial is a global initiative to catalyze positive cultural change that feature’s Ostrom’s work. Prosocial Schools is a global networked improvement community in the k-12 education field that utilizes sociocracy…
Sociocratic Governance in Unicorn Grocery Co-op
What is Unicorn Grocery? Unicorn Grocery is a thriving worker-owned, values-driven grocery co-op using sociocracy for its governance in Chorlton, Manchester, UK. They consist of 71 members who all work […]
Conflict as a tension to steer by
Conflict as a tension to steer by The unwritten rules in many groups are clear: Be nice, avoid conflict at all costs and, if a conflict arises, see it as […]
Using Sociocracy to Create & Direct Economic Resources at the Community Level (Linda Black)
A presentation about using the principles and processes of sociocracy to provide platforms and tools that help to build economic resiliency at the community level. Communities can generate money and channel economic resources, keep money circulating locally, and decide together what community projects and efforts they want to support to better the lives of all.…
Practicing co-regulation during Meetings
Our reaction to what life brings before us cannot always be predicted but a dose of self-knowledge can help. In this article, I will go through aspects of the nervous […]
Representation of those most impacted by decisions: Tools for when impact exceeds circle roles (Deborah Chang, Sofie Malm, Hanna Fischer)
Are we making decisions that are affecting more people than are in the room? How can we be more careful about representation? In this session, we will give examples of situations where decisions are affecting a broader group of people. We will offer tools to support us being more inclusive in the decision-making process.
The promise and the challenge: how does sociocracy contribute to diversity and inclusion? (Sheella Mierson and Ocie Irons)
Sociocracy, with key values of equivalence and transparency, holds promise for improving diversity and inclusion. We will give some ideas of what specific sociocratic practices can contribute to this, and what the challenges might be. We will invite you to share the successes and challenges you and your organization experience in this arena, so that…
Sociocracy’s potential in the process of collective (re-)awakening (Ellen Even)
If you are wondering how it could be possible for humanity to align its consciousness towards mutual understanding and fear-free development • If you are wondering why the combination of sociocracy’s clear rules and its great potential for empowerment enables the emergence of these processes • If you are interested in some practical examples of…
So, you want to practice sociocracy with children? (Hope Wilder)
Sociocracy is easily picked up by children with practice. This presentation will focus on steps to take to practice sociocracy with children in small groups, from finding a children’s domain to practicing consent decision making together.
Egg or hen – Sociocracy: an organizational approach or a manifestation of a mindset? (Armin Sieber)
Encouraged by positive experiences with various new forms to organize a school, we finally decided on Sociocracy 3.0. The organic adaptability of S3.0 provided a framework to incorporate useful elements from other approaches and, at the same time, to meet the need for orientation and “simplexity” in our VUCA world. So for us, it was…
