Sociocracy: a practical introduction to consent-based decision making
[ UUID ] 9a72a585-9f02-4920-8113-1e395e3653a3
[ Session Name ] Sociocracy: a practical introduction to consent-based decision making [ Primary Space ] Decentralisation [ Secondary Space ] Openness
[ Submitter's Name ] Kayleigh Walsh [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] Outlandish and CoTech [ Submitter's GitHub ] @outlandishideas
[ Other Facilitator 1's Name ] Matt Crow
[ Language ] Spanish
[ Localisation Support Requested ] No, I can host the session myself
What will happen in your session?
We’ll introduce the theory of Sociocracy and the range of users, from Toyota to the Center for Nonviolent Communication to UK worker co-ops as a way of showing that it’s scaleable and universally used. We’ll be practising what we preach, so users will be involved from the start of the session in a sociocratic process!
Despite the unfamiliar and mysterious sounding name, Sociocracy is a simple concept that can be applied to decision making both internally and commercially, as well as structuring an organisation. We will present it in straightforward way before suggesting a proposal for smaller groups to address - this will enable them to critique what we present, as well as first hand perspective on how it works.
What is the goal or outcome of your session?
We know that in order to decentralise, we need to help us with the decision-making process. The goal here is to educate and provide participants with a tried and tested structure that supports decentralisation with a solutions-focused emphasis, and for people to understand the benefits and introduce it to their own communities. We also want to show that Sociocracy contributes to participants voicing their opinions and feeling empowered.
Sociocracy will be referenced in the ‘Help us build the world's largest educational resource-sharing network using ActivityPub’ session, so we will also aim to provide some context for people who attended that and present is as a feasible approach to consent-based decision making both internally, and with clients.
Time needed
90 mins