13 Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Using Sociocracy
With some links to articles and youtube videos
(post from Diana Leafe Christian on Sociocracy yahoo group)
I. Four businesses using Sociocracy
(1) Creative Urethanes, Inc.
250 Independence Dr
Sociocracy's basic rule is making decisions by consent. There are other ground rules which are outlined here: Circle organisation method
Read more…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.
From the radio blurb:
Dynamic self governance expert, CEO of the Sociocracy Consulting Group, a
Read more…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/wi
Sociocracy = socios + cracy or [people who have a social relationship] + rule. Democracy = demos _cracy or [the general mass of people who may or may not know each other] +rule. In Spanish, socios = partners. Democracy has the value of "equality'" =
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