AZ Sociocracy in Quotes #007

AZ Sociocracy in Quotes #007


Many Voices One Song - shared power with sociocracy (a sociocracy manual):

1.1.3 Effectiveness and equivalence

Quote:

In Sociocracy For All, we get requests from people who would like to witness sociocratic meetings to see what they feel like. As we welcome visitors whenever possible, we have a standard response to their request: Be aware that in a sociocratic meeting one might not see anything amazing. Good governance is invisible.

Summary:

  • requests from people who would like to witness sociocratic meetings to see what they feel like
  • we welcome visitors whenever possible
  • in a sociocratic meeting one might not see anything amazing
  • good governance is invisible

Quote:

Good governance means getting everything out of the way that distracts us. Distracting feelings can be generated when our needs for connection, integrity or shared reality are not met. That means we want to create a context of clarity for our work, for emotional safety amongst all team members and for process. What exists then is flow.

Summary:

  • good governance = getting everything out of the way that distracts us
  • distracting feelings can be generated when our needs are not meet …
  • … needs for connection, integrity or shared reality
  • we want to create a context of clarity for our work
  • we want to create a context of clarity for emotional safety amongst all team members
  • we want to create a context of clarity for process
  • flow …

Quote:

Flow happens when a group is fully and creatively immersed in their process. Governance as a tool blends into the background and in the foreground is content. Good governance is therefore invisible. It only serves to create the conditions where we can be productive together.

Summary:

  • flow happens when a group is fully and creatively immersed in their process
  • governance as a tool blends into the background
  • in the foreground is content
  • good governance is therefore invisible
  • good governance serves to create the conditions where we can be productive together

1.2 The paradox of teaching self-governance

Quote:

In self-governance, we want groups to decide for themselves how to govern themselves. Isn’t it ironic to tell people how to self-govern themselves? That is a concern we deal with on a daily basis. How can we be helpful and share our experiences without imposing a fixed system? The following pages describe what we do with this paradox of teaching self-governance.

Summary:

  • in self-governance, we want groups to decide for themselves how to govern themselves
  • [Obs. - good governance need proper input]
  • how can we be helpful and share our experiences without imposing a fixed system
  • teaching self-governance

The principles of sociocracy are wonderful. I guess that if we implement them properly, we could progress together, without anyone being left behind.

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