Principles & Values

Sociocracy: Joining the Mainstream

16 August 2010

Relating its own methods/ideas/concepts to those of mainstream management theorists and industry leaders would be good for sociocracy. In fact, I think it is crucial to the wider acceptance of sociocracy for two reasons:

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Holacracy and Sociocracy

22 April 2010

The history of holacracy and sociocracy as I know it. John Buck consulted with Brian Robertson to organize his company sociocratically years ago. Brian was very enthusiastic and was already a devotee of Ken Wilber. John enjoyed the exchanges with Brian since he is an intelligent and energetic person. I haven’t met him; I’m conveying [...]

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Values & Sociocracy

2 April 2010

When I first learned about sociocracy in 2002 I believed that its value was equality.* The counter argument was that equality wasn’t a value, it was a practicality. People work more efficiently when they have an equal voice in their work. Sociocracy is value-free. It is an empty tool that when used by any organization [...]

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The Downside to Standardization

2 April 2010

A great concern of the Global Circle of the international sociocratic certification body is and has for many years been convinced that certification is essential to preserving the core principles and their proper application. In addition to a concern about the principles being misapplied and the method misrepresented, the Global Circle is concerned about “sociocracy” [...]

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Central Authority?

2 April 2010

Does anyone believe that there should be a world-wide hierarchy of double-linked sociocratic organizations? There definitely are. They don’t perceive the Big Brother implications of this because of consent and double-linking. If an organization, through its double-links can object to the decisions of the world-wide organization, there is no possibility of establishing a dictatorship or [...]

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Inherent Conflicts in Democracy

9 March 2010

To be a sociocracy, in the same sense that a democracy is a democracy, the principles and methods would have to be adapted to local and national governance. A sociocratic structure would be a radical departure from the way democratic governments are structured today. It might emerge more easily in a country that is just emerging [...]

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