What is Sociocracy
Sociocracy is a governance system, just like democracy or corporate governance methods. It’s best suited for organizations that want to self-govern based on the values of equality.
Some people refer to sociocracy as Dynamic Self-Governance or simply Dynamic Governance.
Sociocracy for All - basic concepts and principles
Some key terms
Circles
- Small groups are the basis of everything. Those small groups are called circles.
- Those sociocracy circles have a defined aim (= a description of what the circle is doing) and full authority in a domain (= what the circle has authority over).
- Circles will define roles, both to run itself smoothly and to “package” operations into meaningful bits. Any member will fill one or more roles.
- Linking roles connect circles to other related circles. In double-linking, two people from one circle – the delegate and the leader – are also full members of the parent circle so information can flow between the teams and their decisions align.
Source: https://www.sociocracyforall.org/sociocracy/
See Our Structure for how we use circles at Agile Collective.
Consent
There is consent to a proposal when no member of the circle has an objection
Sociocracy for All - basic concepts and principles
Good Enough For Now
It is also worth remembering, that often a decision simply needs to be...
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