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Sociocracy, also called dynamic governance, is a system of governance which seeks to create harmonious social environments and productive organizations. It is distinguished by the use of consent, rather than majority voting, in decision-making, and of discussion by people who know each other. (copied from Wikipedia)

My X Is Better Than Your Y!

Posted on August 30, 2019October 13, 2020 by Tomek Kaczanowski

How not to waste time on pointless discussion about personal preferences? Use consent and experiments to bypass them.

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Decider AKA Hand Gestures

Posted on August 9, 2019November 18, 2019 by Tomek Kaczanowski

If only decision taking was as simple as presenting your thumb up or down! Well, actually, it can be. 🙂

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The secret of successful meetings? It is you.

Posted on April 10, 2019April 16, 2019 by Tomek Kaczanowski

There is one host (facilitator) and usually 5-8 participants. Now, whose behavior has more impact on the meeting effectiveness?

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On Decisions and Consequences

Posted on March 5, 2019October 13, 2020 by Tomek Kaczanowski

How to close the gap between decision makers and the consequences of their decisions? Some insights from Management 3.0 and Sociocracy 3.0.

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Transparency in Scrum and Sociocracy 3.0

Posted on June 8, 2018September 29, 2020 by Tomek Kaczanowski

The different approach to transparency by Scrum and Sociocracy 3.0.

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Sociocracy 3.0 Effectiveness Review – Part 4

Posted on February 13, 2017February 1, 2018 by Tomek Kaczanowski

[Feb 2018: S3 changed the name from Effectiveness Review to Peer Review] The ERs have entered a new phase: it was the first time we run it for the second time for the same person. Few short comments and notes: If you have no (good) role description, you end up with feedback session, not a real…

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Sociocracy 3.0 Effectiveness Review – Part 3

Posted on January 19, 2017February 1, 2018 by Tomek Kaczanowski

[Feb 2018: S3 changed the name from Effectiveness Review to Peer Review] My comments written down after the 4th effectiveness review (ER) at Codewise. First of all, the ERs are becoming “no-events”. I mean, people know what to expect (both the hero of ER and the participants). They come prepared, they know what to expect….

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Meetings – efficiency vs. human element

Posted on January 3, 2017January 3, 2017 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Recently I read an article about the (alleged) fall of Holacracy and one part related to meetings draw my attention. I’m interested in the topic of meetings efficiency for quite a long time. It reminded me of a novel way of facilitating a meeting that I witnessed during a Sociocracy 3.0 training some time ago. What…

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Sociocracy 3.0 Effectiveness Review – Part 2

Posted on December 28, 2016February 1, 2018 by Tomek Kaczanowski

[Feb 2018: S3 changed the name from Effectiveness Review to Peer Review] Since the last blog post(see http://tomek.kaczanowscy.pl/2016/12/sociocracy-3-0-effectiveness-review/) we run 2 more effectiveness reviews (ER in short). This blog post gathers my thought, comments and lessons learned. Hope you find it useful. Preparations. Based on previous experience I took the following steps to make the next effectiveness…

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Sociocracy 3.0 Effectiveness Review

Posted on December 2, 2016October 7, 2020 by Tomek Kaczanowski

[Feb 2018: S3 changed the name from Effectiveness Review to Peer Review] I rarely write about S3, but when I do, it is long and boring. 🙂 Below you will find my experiences with the S3 effectiveness review (currently called “peer review”) – an idea that I borrowed from S3. I hope that maybe some comments that…

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