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Sociocracy – where to start?

Posted on June 4, 2019November 4, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

This short post gives you few pointers on where to start learning about sociocracy.

I will work on this post some more and enhance it, but it should be “good enough for now, safe enough to try” so I publish it the way it is.

First Time

If you have no clue about Sociocracy, then I would suggest you watch few introductory videos to whet your appetite, for example:

  • consent decision making
  • sociocracy introduction

And you can always read what Wikipedia has to say about Sociocracy. Also, this comparison of different decision making methods is worth reading.

A word of caution: there is a specific language and way of thinking involved so don’t get discouraged if you feel like you don’t get it the first time you try, OK?

Reading / Watching

There is a lot of free material & many consulting companies that could help you introduce sociocratic methods to your company. From my personal experience I can suggest the following learning sources:

  • Sociocracy 3.0 videos and Sociocracy 3.0 guide
  • Sociocracy For All videos – including both introductory materials and talks from yearly web conference
  • Also, some short articles by Ted J Rau

Communities

Also, there is a thriving community around sociocracy, so you could try:

  • Facebook Sociocracy For All group
  • Facebook Sociocracy 3.0 International Community of Practice group

Books

  • Many Voices One Song: Shared Power with Sociocracy, by Ted J Rau & Jerry Koch-Gonzalez – this is Sociocracy for All book. Strongly recommended!
  • (Dutch only!) Sociocratie 3.0 by Jeff Crumps – haven’t read this one but I have pleasure to know Jeff so I expect it to be great.

Trainings

As for the trainings I took part in Sociocracy 3.0 courses by Thrive-in collaboration (by James Priest and Lili David) and I can recommend them. Sociocracy is one of the things you should really experience to get a good understanding of (some things look hard/unattractive when reading or listening about them).

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