How to find out more about Sociocracy

[Martin Grimshaw]

The book, 'We The People - Consenting To A Deeper Democracy' by John Buck and Sharon Villines is the definitive guide in English: http://www.sociocracy.info/we-the-people

The Wikipedia entry gives a really useful overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociocracy as does the the Dutch Center

Some members have started to try to answer the question What is Sociocracy? personally, and we hope to add a variety of personal replies to this question over time. Why not add your attempt to explain it in one paragraph there? You might also find members' responses here  useful, as well as musing over (and responding to) the personal development questions posed too. And here's a DecisionLab version.

 

Martin Grimshaw has also generated a basic 1 page graphic which gives a useful overview of the essentials, which you can download and use for free from here

"I'm on my own... how could I possibly introduce this big system to my team?" http://www.sociocracy.info/sociocracy-for-one/

There are some great short Videos here on our site, featuring Gerard Endenberg, John Buck and others.

Shortened version of 'Democracy as it might be'; first published in May 1945, by Kees Boeke (1884-1966) - the article that nearly cost him his life, and which touches on its Quaker influence: http://worldteacher.faithweb.com/sociocracy.htm

Sociocracy, a short essay by Lester Frank Ward, 1893

http://www.slideshare.net/dinugherman/sociocracy

More here on the history and development of Sociocracy, by Martin Grimshaw & Francois Knuchel.

Email discussion group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sociocracy/

The newly launched international centre, in English, with great links, community, and resources. Based in the USA, but directly an offspring of the former centre in the Netherlands, and borne of the first international conference that took place in Canada 2010: http://www.socionet.us

 

There are regular workshops for tools that are effective on their own, such as collaborative consent-based decision making but which also function as incremental steps in fostering a healthier, learning, Sociocratic organisation. Sign up to this network to stay in touch with regular offerings, or at the front page of this site.

 

What would you add ?

[Francois Knuchel]

 

Creative Forces of Self Organisation, a 25-page article by John Buck and Gerrard Endenburg describing the basics of Sociocracy with some live examples of how it works in practice (example of circle meeting).

 

http://www.sociocracy.com - English version of Sociocratie Zentrum website in Holland (Global Centre of Sociocracy), with a more continental European perspective on Sociocracy.

 

[Francois Knuchel]

Great Radio Interview with John Buck: We The People: Consenting To A Deeper Democracy http://ow.ly/jM6SH : 4 April by Wayne Hurlbert on Blog Talk Radio

[Francois Knuchel]

There’s a new publication on the resources page!

“Dynamic Governance for Nonprofit Organizations,” by John Buck and Jerry Koch-Gonzalez, explains how the principles of dynamic governance, also known as sociocracy, apply to nonprofit organizations, and serves as a supplement to the article “The Creative Forces of Self-Organization.”

[Francois Knuchel]

The url (website address) link to the yahoo email discussion group is incorrect. it should be:

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/sociocracy. 

[Francois Knuchel]

Some more Links:

http://p2pfoundation.net/Sociocracy

SocioNet
The mission of SocioNet is to create programs and resources that will increase public awareness of the principles and methods of sociocratic governance and develop the ability of individuals and organizations to implement them.

Sociocracy.Info – Creating Accountable, Inclusive, and Transparent Organizations – a resource for sociocratic history, ideas, methods, and additional information.

Sociocracy Newsletter
International newsletter about sociocracy. Published by the Global Sociocratic Center.

Sociocracy: A Permaculture Approach to Community Evolution – Lost Valley Education Center applies sociocracy for regenerative governance.

Beyond Democracy
by filmmaker Ted Millich
A documentary on dynamic governance – watch the trailer and m

Sociocracy Introduction

• Sociocratic Principles and Methods
• The Creative Forces of Self-Organization
• Video of a Sociocratic Circle Meeting
• Wikipedia: "Sociocracy"

Sociocracy Professional Organizations

• Dutch Language Sociocracy Group
• English Language Sociocracy Group
• French Language Sociocracy Group
• German Language Sociocracy Group
• The Sociocracy Group Headquarters

Sociocracy Sites

• A Deeper Democracy
• Beyond Democracy
• Dynamic Governance Blog
• Sociocracy UK
• Sociocracy.info
• Synocracy & Sociocracy

[Francois Knuchel]

Copied from Swedish Sociokrati.se - thank you Jan Hoglund (duplications with above, to be sorted):

Where can I find more information about Sociocracy?

Course material:

• Dynamic Governance Summary (pdf) by John Buck
• Stoos Stockholm - Discover Sociocracy : Handouts (PDF) Flipcharts (pdf) by James Priest

Books:

• We the People - John Buck & Sharon Villines
• Sociocracy - A method of self-governance in organizations by Jan Hoglund & John Schinnerer
  (The book will be published on 7 January 2015)

Articles:

• Sociocracy: The Creative Forces of Self-Organization (pdf) - John Buck & Gerard Endenburg
• Sociocracy: Democracy As It Might Be - Kees Boeke (First published May 1945)
• Sociocracy: An Organizational Structure for Distributed Leadership - Sarah Lozanova
• Sociocracy: A New System for Better Decisions - Sarah Lozanova
• What Can a School Teach Us About Organizational Agility? - Sarah Lozanova
• How This Residential Home Care Bumped Employee Engagement Into Over... - Sarah Lozanova
• Permaculture for organizations by Anna Maris, "Sociocracy is like permaculture, though for people."
• School Spring: to organize ourselves right - Guest Blog by Jan Hoglund
• Forest Garden at Holma - Esbjörn Wandt, "There are interesting parallels between how Sociocracy and a forest garden works."

Videos:

• Introduction to Sociocracy - Trailer (3 min)
• Intro to Sociocracy - Valhalla Movement (3 min)
• Dynamic governance for Businesses (5 min)
• Beyond Democracy : Videos related to Dynamic Governance
• Gregg Kendrick about Sociocracy / Dynamic Governance in the Workplace (25 min)
• Dynamic Governance - John Bucke Explains Sociocracy to Jim Rough (29 min)
• Sociocratie présentation videos - - Qu est-ce que la sociocratie (1 min)
• La sociocratie - Dialogue d'égal à égal : RTBF video (4 min)
• La sociocratie à Nouvelle Donne
• Videos on Sociocracy by People Using It
• Sociocracy Videos 1-13 - James Priest
• Introduction to sociokratins background and methodology - Evening Lecture in Malmö with Sofie Malm (60 min)
• Agile Sweden in 2014: Scale Agile through Sociocracy - Michael Goethe

Web pages:

• The Sociocracy Group
• The Sociocracy Consulting Group : Dynamic Governance - Equivalence, Effectiveness, Transparency
• Sociocracy.info : Stylish Organization
• SocioNet : A not-for-profit That Promotes the Ongoing Use of sociocracy
• Governance Alive : Systems that Work. Systems That self-optimize.
• A Deeper Democracy : Making Freedom and Equality a Reality
• Sociocracy UK : How-To, community & Developing Collaborative Governance in the UK
• Sociocracy UK: How to find out more about sociocracy?
• sociocracy.us : A new web site since July 2013 created by Joe Kneeland
• sociocracyinaction.ca : Sociocracy in Action - Developing spaces where good ideas thrive!
• Agile Organizations: The Sociocracy Remix Kit
• Sociocracy for Ängsbacka

Organizations and associations that use Sociocracy:

• Endenburg ELECTROTECHNIEK , Netherlands
• Fabrique Public and Industrial Design , Netherlands
• Room Beck Schools, The Netherlands
• Creative Urethanes , Winchester, United States
• Rainbow Community School , USA
• High Mowing School , USA
• Austin Waldorf School , USA
• Living Well Center , United States
• Lost Valley Educational Center , United States
• YWCA of Asheville , United States
• Asheville-Buncombe Food Policy Council , United States
• Handmade in America , United States
• Agile Boston , USA
• Citizen Hive , Sweden
• Ängsbacka , Sweden
• Initiatives co-development - The good call road, Sweden

Group:

• Sociocracy Group - A Yahoo-based discussion group that has existed since 2000
  

Twitter:

• sociokrati twitter about Sociocracy
• SociocracyUK Promotes sociocracy in the UK

Radio:

• Interview in English with John Buck on Sociocracy (60 min)

Other:

• Method for Structuring and controlling an Organization - A patent application on the method similar Sociocracy

[Francois Knuchel]

Source Link left out, sorry: sociokrati.se 

[Francois Knuchel]

More information also available in What is Sociocracy Forum section.

In particular Who (what organisations) is using Sociocracy.   Please to this forum by adding organisations you know are using sociocracy.  Thank you.

[Francois Knuchel]

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