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Sociocracy at Work

Working better together

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Agenda

Why Sociocracy?
What is Sociocracy?
What problems does it solve?

Governance Structure (How we work)
Decision Making (How we decide)
Feedback Loops (How we adapt)

Getting started with Sociocracy

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Why Sociocracy?

and why you should care

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Complexity, Context and Values

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What is Sociocracy?

A very brief introduction to Sociocracy

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Demos vs. Socios

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Operations vs. Governance

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What problems does Sociocracy solve?

The 3 pillars of Sociocracy: Governance Structure, Decision Making and Feedback Loops

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Governance Structure

How we work

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Traditional Hierarchy

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Circles

Semi-autonomous and self-organized group of people who contribute towards common aims

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Mapping the Circle organization structure over the traditional hierarchy

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General Circle

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Department Circles

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Team Circles

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Overlap

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Double-Linking

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Double-Linking

Elected Ops Leader

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Double-Linking

Elected Representative

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Double-Linking

Elected Ops Leader

Elected Representative

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Dynamic Governance

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Decision Making

How we decide

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Common ways in which groups make decisions?

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Common ways in which groups make decisions?

Autocratic
Majority Vote
Consensus
Random Choice

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Consent-based Decision Making

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Three zones of decision making

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Three zones of decision making

Personal Preference

“My choice”

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Three zones of decision making

Range of Tolerance

Personal Preference

“My choice”

“I can live with it”

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Three zones of decision making

Objection

Range of Tolerance

Personal Preference

“My choice”

“I can live with it”

“No way”

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Objection as a gift

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Both-and thinking

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Good enough for now,

safe enough to try.

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Feedback Loops

How we adapt

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Lead-Do-Measure

MEASURE

LEAD

DO

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LEAD

Make a policy

Evaluation Criteria & Term

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LEAD

Make a policy

Evaluation Criteria & Term

DO

Carry out policy

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MEASURE

Evaluate the policy

keep it / change it / throw it out

LEAD

Make a policy

Evaluation Criteria & Term

DO

Carry out policy

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MEASURE

Evaluate the policy

keep it / change it / throw it out

LEAD

Amend policy

Evaluation Criteria & Term

DO

Carry out policy

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MEASURE

Evaluate the policy

keep it / change it / throw it out

LEAD

Amend policy

Evaluation Criteria & Term

DO

Carry out policy

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MEASURE

Evaluate the policy

keep it / change it / throw it out

LEAD

Amend policy

Evaluation Criteria & Term

DO

Carry out policy

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Lead-Do-Measure

MEASURE

Evaluate the meeting

Evaluate the policy

Collect role-improvement feedback

LEAD

Plan a meeting

Make a policy

Elect someone to a role

DO

Perform the meeting

Carry out policy

Perform role responsibilities

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Getting started with Sociocracy

Tips for exploring Sociocracy fruther

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Four Principles of Sociocracy

Consent (Consent governs policy decision making)
Circle (Organize in Circles)
Double-linking
Election (by consent)

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Sociocracy by any other name...

Sociocracy
Dynamic Governance
Sociocracy 3.0
Holacracy

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Books

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#sociocracyindia

https://sociocracyindia.org/

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How did I do?

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Email: sandeep.shetty@gmail.com

Twitter: @sandeepshetty