Friday January 26th 2024, 1:30-4:30pm
Increasingly, organizations dedicated to community development are acknowledging that conventional top-down decision-making and centralized structures don’t align with their values of equity, shared leadership, and empowerment. Despite the seemingly entrenched operational paradigms of non-profits, numerous organizations around the world are challenging this perception.
Sociocracy, a governance and organizational framework, has gained traction for its ability to decentralize power within an organization. This approach empowers small teams to independently make decisions and take actions while ensuring coordination with others and alignment with the organization’s overarching goals.
Transition Salt Spring, along with other non-profits on Salt Spring Island, has adopted Sociocracy. We extend an invitation to explore the rationale behind this choice and the fundamental operational principles associated with this structure.
Key takeaways for participants include:
- Real-world illustrations demonstrating how Sociocracy facilitates the realization of values such as equity, shared power, distributed leadership, empowerment, transparency, and accountability.
- An understanding of foundational systems for establishing a governance and operational structure rooted in Sociocracy principles.
- An opportunity to construct your own organizational chart based on the Sociocratic framework.
- Practical engagement with the consent process, offering firsthand experience in its application.