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¿Cómo liderar equipos y generar compromiso gracias a la sociocracia? (Olivier Gesbert)
Luego de un evento familiar difícil que impactó su empresa en Perú, Olivier tuvo que regresar a Francia liderando sus equipos a 10.000 kilómetros de distancia. Tres años después con un negocio al borde de la quiebra, Olivier decidió confiar en las personas apoyándose en Sociocracia. Hace 6 años que la empresa reinventó su modelo…
Theory U and Sociocracy: Presencing in sociocratic circles
Presentation by Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard. How do the principles of Theory U (O. Scharmer/M. I. T.) relate to those of Sociocracy? How do these technologies meet and mesh? What are the areas in which their serve each other to create profound and meaningful experiences? This session is for all, including participants who have not yet engaged…
Integrating Sociocracy into a Political Mandate
Presentation by Henny Freitas. The Permacultural Collective Mandate of Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil, was born with transparency, equivalence, efficiency and a dynamic structure to look for unity within diversity. As a movement which seeks to keep the culture of the people alive through caring for the Earth, caring for each other, and sharing knowledge…
Sociocracy for short term projects and events
A presentation by Rakesh Rootsman Rak. How to set up effective sociocratic decision making for short term projects such as intensive residential courses, events, activist actions, etc. Ever been in a situation where you need to deliver on a project and you can see people are not in sync with the same vision and you…
Using Sociocracy for Decision-Making in Social Services and Medical Care
Presentation by Norma Wassel Medical and human services are routinely delivered in a hierarchical system with rigid roles of authority. This results in a process that often disempowers staff as well as the individuals and families receiving assistance. How can we implement Sociocracy in these systems? With case examples!
Conscious Business Assessment
Presentation by Roberto Bonino. Assessing the soft-skills needed to thrive in a self-managed organization.
Building Sociocracy into Morey Flextech High School
A presentation by Will Gowen. Two years of building student agency at a small public charter school in rural Michigan, USA. Learn about the first two years of a newly started public charter high school that attempted to utilize different democratic methods to give students voice and choice in their schooling. Eventually landing on sociocracy,…
The “four necessary requirements” for intentional communities to use sociocracy effectively
In my years teaching sociocracy for ecovillages, cohousing communities, and other intentional communities and member-led groups, I realized they need to meet what I call “the four necessary requirements” to succeed and thrive with sociocracy — to use it effectively and avoid the unintended conflict from not meeting the requirements. They are: (1) Everyone learns…
Hierarchy, power and sociocracy
A presentation by Jacob Theilgaard. Hierarchy, power and sociocracy will explore the dynamic of power and emergence of informal hierarchies in sociocratic circles through micro behaviours. We will explore the different dimensions of hierarchy and how you can support equilibrium between perspectives and viewpoints with facilitation.
Increasing Collective Intelligence through Sociocracy
A presentation by Sheella Mierson and John Schinnerer. In the same way we measure general intelligence for individuals, we can measure “collective intelligence” for groups of people. Research shows that “collective intelligence” comes from different factors within a group than we might expect or imagine. Sheella and John explore how these factors are either already…
