Category: general inspiration
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Dividing Up Work and Decision-Making for Effective Teams
The question of group size With the world’s issues and complexity rising, the number of people who need to collaborate to address an issue gets bigger and bigger. The higher the number of people involved, the more perspectives contributed to the project – but now communication and coordination become more challenging with more relationships to…
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What can sociocracy learn about best practices from research on self-management?
Sociocracy is one form of self-management that can be used in the workplace to implement collaborative decision-making and worker voice.
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How sociocracy promotes vulnerability, trust, and psychological safety
A summary of research into psychological safety and shared leadership, and how sociocracy may promote benefits of psychological safety in the workplace.
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Sociocracy is democratic and self-managing: What are the benefits?
Democratic workplaces and self-management
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Sociocracy vs Holacracy: what are the similarities and differences between them?
This is an attempt to map out the sameness and differences between sociocracy and Holacracy. These are small, yet – depending on your values – significant.
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Simple, clear problem-solving steps for groups
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?
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Future of work – Interview with Aaron Dignan (video)
Recording of the Future of Work – Wishful Thinking or Reality webinar with Ted Rau interviewing Aaron Dignan on the impact of self-management in business
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Teachers at these schools don’t need to strike.
Sometimes teachers need to go on strike to get their needs met. A great way to bring everyone to the table is to use sociocracy in schools as a way to organize a teachers’ union.
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Is “good enough” good enough?
What are some common misconceptions about the phrase “good enough” in sociocracy? People ask, “Why settle for a proposal that’s just good enough? Why wouldn’t we make an AWESOME plan?” Let’s talk about this more.
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“What if people don’t cooperate with others?”
In this article, we’re going to look at how to have a systemic view of meetings (as one of the governance tools and practices we use most often in sociocracy).