Democratic Dialog & Deliberation

One the most important skills that a facilitator can develop is their intuition—the sense of what to do in a given situation, even when the rational pathway to that choice is obscure.

Professor Imanol Basterretxea discusses some of the governance failures that helped lead to the collapse of the Mondragon cooperative Fagor Electrodoméstico.

Today I want to examine a dynamic about which people frequently get confused—especially when they're upset: the difference between having concerns and the way they're expressed.

Worker cooperative members and developers discuss the use of Sociocracy in worker co-ops, and answer questions from webinar participants.

Introduction and refresher on board, management and member roles, building engagement and more.

A member of Unicorn Grocery worker co-op talks about her experience using sociocracy at the 70-member co-op.

How to use the tools of sociocracy to better manage time in meetings.

How to write policy proposals as a group.

One of the defining indicators of the health of cooperative groups is how they respond when strong feelings emerge among members.

How to get the most out of the last 10 minutes of a meeting.