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Jun 13

Selforganization with a mix of volunteers and staff

Working around the dynamics of power imbalance — (This section is an excerpt from my upcoming book “Collective Power. Patterns for a self-organized future” to appear in October 2023. The concept of the common ground is explained there with more detail, but this section should be accessible also without the conceptual underpinning from the book.) Every organization needs…

Sociocracy

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Selforganization with a mix of volunteers and staff
Selforganization with a mix of volunteers and staff
Sociocracy

5 min read


Sep 21, 2022

Is “good enough” good enough?!

A common misunderstanding of the consent slogan “good enough for now, safe enough to try” — When a group wants to make a decision on a proposal, there are typically many opinions in the room. Mike is excited that the project is moving forward. Amar is appreciating the clarity. Basti is worried that it’ll cost more money than projected. And so on. Let’s say the preferences…

Sociocracy

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Is “good enough” good enough?!
Is “good enough” good enough?!
Sociocracy

3 min read


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Post Growth Perspectives

·Mar 23, 2022

The Good Governance Playbook

Why we can’t run an organization solely on good intentions. — A few months ago, I read Humankind by Rutger Bregman, a book that is labeled a “hopeful history.” It makes a point that I agree with: humans, pretty much across the board, act in respectable, caring ways. In a word, they act with good intentions. …

Governance

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The Good Governance Playbook
The Good Governance Playbook
Governance

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Mar 3, 2022

Towards a governance protocol to enable inter-organizational collaboration

How can partnerships among organizations succeed? — This paper describes the ingredients of collaboration between organizations without a higher, “big tent” organization. The intention is to create a governance protocol that helps make collaboration easy, clear, nimble and empowering, and that allows collaboration to scale up or down depending on need, resources, and values. The design principles…

Collaboration

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Towards a governance protocol to enable inter-organizational collaboration
Towards a governance protocol to enable inter-organizational collaboration
Collaboration

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Mar 3, 2022

Patterns for decentralized governance

Distilling the patterns of sociocracy as a governance protocol — This article describes the high-level, foundational patterns that underlie sociocratic decentralized governance. It’s best suited for organizations with clear boundaries between “inside” and “outside”, and there are shared activities that are explicit, i.e. it’s clear what the overall aim of the organization is collectively held, i.e. there is a commitment…

Dao

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Patterns for decentralized governance
Patterns for decentralized governance
Dao

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Jan 4, 2022

Do objections have to be “valid”?

Can we let go of the right-and-wrong thinking about objections? — Discussions around consent decision-making often revolve around the question What is an objection? Some people hope that governance can become like a machine — you plug in the objection, calculate its validity and you’re done! And that makes sense. We do need a way to rein in the nay-sayers so…

Consent

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Do objections have to be “valid”?
Do objections have to be “valid”?
Consent

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Post Growth Perspectives

·Sep 30, 2021

A Guide to Regenerative Governance

Collective decision-making creates more opportunities to listen and deepen our connections, restoring our human fabric and the ecosystems we inhabit. — The term “regeneration” evokes images of gardens and wind energy, while “governance” sounds like boring decision trees and dusty board meetings. So what is “regenerative governance” supposed to be? When I think of governance, I think of my colleagues and friends. The things we want to do together. …

Sociocracy

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A Guide to Regenerative Governance
A Guide to Regenerative Governance
Sociocracy

6 min read


Aug 23, 2021

Don’t like how decisions are made in your group?

You can change the rules of the game! — Here are some basic everyday like decisions: You want to go out to eat as a family? How will you decide where to eat, when to leave, and whether we are still going even though one family member has other plans? You want to start a book club? How will you decide what book to read, how…

Governance

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Don’t like how decisions are made in your group?
Don’t like how decisions are made in your group?
Governance

5 min read


May 20, 2021

How fast do you want to go?

Setting your pace in self-management — People’s opinions seem to vary. Are self-management tools like sociocracy and Holacracy slow and bureaucratic? Or are they fast and agile? This question conceals a bigger insight: how fast or slow you go, how bureaucratic or lean you are — that is totally up to you. For a consent-based system…

Sociocracy

5 min read

How fast do you want to go?
How fast do you want to go?
Sociocracy

5 min read


Jan 13, 2021

How (not) to side-track a meeting

Five ways to get lost in a meeting… or what to do if you do — It’s easy to get lost or side-tracked in a meeting! Here’s how not to get lost … or at least how to find your way back pretty fast! Below is a list of typical behaviors that slow down meetings. They are common. They are wide-spread and omnipresent. Learn to notice…

Meetings

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How (not) to side-track a meeting
How (not) to side-track a meeting
Meetings

6 min read

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