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Episodes about sociocracy

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Tamila Gresham and Simon Mont - Leadermorphosis episode 95: Tamila Gresham and Simon Mont from Harmonize on new ways of seeing, being and working together

Tamila Gresham and Simon Mont from Harmonize on new ways of seeing, being and working together

The way groups are working together is not working. But introducing new structures alone is not enough. Tamila and Simon talk to me about how we need to develop our ways of seeing, being and working together if we want to act in the highest possible alignment with our vision. A key part of this is using the lens of Power, Belonging and Justice (PBJ) and strengthening our muscle in Conflict Resilience. Strap in for some powerful wisdom, giggles and deep learning.

Ep. 95 21 May 2024
Ted Rau - Leadermorphosis episode 89: Ted Rau on parallels between Relationship Anarchy and self-management

Ted Rau on parallels between Relationship Anarchy and self-management

What can the realm of self-management and new ways of working learn from the realm of polyamory, Relationship Anarchy and open relationships? And how can practices in self-organising work teams help us improve our personal relationships? Ted Rau is the co-founder of Sociocracy for All and author of books like 'Who Decides Who Decides?' and 'Many Voices One Song'. In his personal life, he has been in monogamous relationships and, for the last seven years, in open relationships.

Ep. 89 10 May 2023
Bernadette Wesley - Leadermorphosis episode 85: Bernadette Wesley on bridging inner and outer transformation

Bernadette Wesley on bridging inner and outer transformation

Bernadette Wesley’s work is all about bridging the world of inner development with the world of being in an organisation together. We talk about Deliberately Developmental Organisations (DDOs); self-organisation and why changing structures is not enough; the Inner Development Goals (IDGs); and three practices that Bernadette has found particularly powerful: Peer Learning Spaces, Immunity to Change Maps, and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Tapping.

Ep. 85 8 Mar 2023
Mette Aagaard - Leadermorphosis episode 80: Mette Aagaard on how a public sector organisation with 8,000 employees is exploring autonomous teams

Mette Aagaard on how a public sector organisation with 8,000 employees is exploring autonomous teams

For the past year, the Municipality of Slagelse in Denmark has been experimenting with autonomous teams. Of the 8,000 employees, some 25-30 units so far have opted in to learn how to make decisions as a team using key principles of Sociocracy. Mette Aagaard, Head of Development, shares what they have been learning and why she thinks it is the responsibility of the public sector to develop societies, and workplaces, that are fit for humans.

Ep. 80 20 Sept 2022
Aaron Dignan - Leadermorphosis episode 77: Aaron Dignan on using software to help scale new ways of working

Aaron Dignan on using software to help scale new ways of working

Aaron Dignan, author of Brave New Work and founder of The Ready, is back on the podcast, this time to talk about how his new software startup, Murmur, can help organisations scale new ways of working. We talk about the importance of team agreements and how to keep them alive, plus what Aaron and his colleagues have been learning from their latest explorations in the worlds of self-management, DAOs and their Brave New Work podcast.

Ep. 77 2 Aug 2022
Ravi Resck - Leadermorphosis episode 70: Ravi Resck on social systems that foster win-win-win relationships

Ravi Resck on social systems that foster win-win-win relationships

Ravi Resck was born to hippy parents in Brazil, became a computer network engineer, and then travelled the world as a guitarist, discovering a love of facilitation and social design. Today he goes by tags like hacktivist, org designer, facilitator, and systems mapper, sharing social technologies with others in a fun and accessible way. He works as a consultant at Target Teal, a collective exploring new ways of working, including an open-source fork of Holacracy called Organic Organization (or O2). We talk about why he believes lessons from self-management and Sociocratic-inspired models benefit all organisations, not just the ‘already-converted’, and Ravi shares some of his favourite examples of organisations and communities at the cutting edge of new ways of collaborating. Ravi is definitely one to watch in the future of work space!

Ep. 70 4 Jan 2022
Jabi Salcedo and Dunia Reverter - Leadermorphosis episode 53: Jabi Salcedo and Dunia Reverter on K2K’s 10 keys to becoming a self-managing organisation

Jabi Salcedo and Dunia Reverter on K2K’s 10 keys to becoming a self-managing organisation

Jabi Salcedo and Dunia Reverter are coordinators at K2K Emocionando, a Spanish consultancy that has transformed more than 85 organisations from traditional to self-managing over the last two decades. We talk about the radical components of their methodology, such as removing manager roles, balancing salaries, shared decision-making and profit sharing. Jabi and Dunia share what they’ve learned from the transformations they have been part of, the kinds of shifts they’ve seen, and what some of the biggest challenges can be.

Ep. 53 27 Aug 2020
Peter Koenig - Leadermorphosis episode 49: Peter Koenig on source, money and consciousness

Peter Koenig on source, money and consciousness

Peter Koenig has spent the last decade researching principles for how founders organise and materialise their enterprises, projects and initiatives – what he calls sourcework. We talk about the role of source and source principles and the idea of seeing organisations as energetic fields. We talk about why his work has sparked debate in “new ways of working” circles, as well as how we can use the lens of source to diagnose decentralised organisations when we seem to get stuck. Peter also shares some insights from 30 years of running money seminars, and why money is such a great place to hide our deepest shadows.

Ep. 49 6 May 2020
Skeena Rathor - Leadermorphosis episode 47: Skeena Rathor on Extinction Rebellion, paradoxes and transformation

Skeena Rathor on Extinction Rebellion, paradoxes and transformation

Skeena Rathor, who co-leads the Vision Sensing circle in Extinction Rebellion, shares insights from inside this decentralised movement – how their Holacratic, Sociocratic structures support its collective purpose, the work they’re doing with Miki Kashtan to transform power dynamics, and why Skeena’s dream is for XR to become a touchstone for the work of co-liberation. We also talk about how XR is responding to COVID-19 and their AloneTogether campaign.

Ep. 47 17 Apr 2020
Vivek Menon - Leadermorphosis episode 44: Vivek Menon on ambidextrous organisations

Vivek Menon on ambidextrous organisations

Vivek Menon leads a high growth business unit at Danfoss Power Solutions called eSteering. Their purpose is to build the future steering solutions for off road vehicles. He shares how eSteering works without managers and why he thinks the future of organisations, especially large ones, is building the capacity to be ambidextrous – creating ecosystems where traditionally structured and decentralised teams or units can coexist. Vivek believes there are three components to develop when it comes to self-management: structures, processes, and mindset and behaviours.

Ep. 44 20 Feb 2020
Manuel Küblböck - Leadermorphosis episode 36: Manuel Küblböck on models for self-organisation at Gini

Manuel Küblböck on models for self-organisation at Gini

Manuel Küblböck is an org design and transformation coach at German fintech company Gini. We talk about the models Gini has developed for self-organisation and how they have defined together terms like power, hierarchy, and autonomy. He also shares challenges like how to foster leadership in a self-organising company, how to make decisions effectively together and how to develop healthy relationships within the team.

Ep. 36 3 Sept 2019
Tom van der Lubbe - Leadermorphosis episode 28: Tom van der Lubbe on salaries and purpose in self-managing organisations

Tom van der Lubbe on salaries and purpose in self-managing organisations

Tom van der Lubbe, the co-founder of a small, Dutch mortgage advice company called Viisi, had an existential crisis at a young age and has been conscious of doing purposeful work ever since. We talk about the science of motivation and management and how Viisi has developed a simple but powerful approach to salaries. He also shares his thoughts on adapting the organisational self-management system Holacracy and how to create an honest feedback culture where the responsibility sits with teams and individuals, not managers.

Ep. 28 24 Feb 2019
Ted Rau - Leadermorphosis episode 27: Ted Rau on running organisations as equals with Sociocracy

Ted Rau on running organisations as equals with Sociocracy

Ted Rau is the co-founder of Sociocracy for All and co-author of the book Many Voices, One Song. In this conversation we talk about how we can distribute authority in organisations and relate to each other as equals using Sociocracy, the “power over, power under” tendencies we have as human beings, the paradoxes and shadow sides of Sociocracy to watch out for, and how we can implement such an approach without becoming "top-down". If you’re interested in transforming your organisation, but stepping into nothing feels daunting, or you’re curious about Sociocracy and what tools like consent-based decision making could make possible, then this episode is for you.

Ep. 27 6 Feb 2019
Sarah Houseman - Leadermorphosis episode 24: Sarah Houseman on new governance for the Anthropocene

Sarah Houseman on new governance for the Anthropocene

Researcher and entrepreneur Sarah Houseman shares insights from her PhD research into new governance systems in not for profit organisations. Looking at the lived experiences and practices of four non-hierarchical NGOs, we explore questions like “How we can see our organisations as systems?” and “How can we participate differently and unlearn dominative behaviours that have previously been rewarded in hierarchical organisations?” (The companies featured in her research are: Friends of the Earth Melbourne, Sustainable Economies Law Centre, The Pachamama Alliance and The Enspiral Foundation.)

Ep. 24 8 Nov 2018
Simon Mont - Leadermorphosis episode 19: Simon Mont from Harmonize on why changing the structures of organisations isn’t enough

Simon Mont from Harmonize on why changing the structures of organisations isn’t enough

Simon Mont, founder of Harmonize, talks about his article “Autopsy of a Failed Holacracy” and the debate it provoked. He believes that if we really want to reimagine our organisations, we need to look at individuals, the organisation, and the larger economic system – changing organisational structures alone isn’t enough. We talk about nonprofits, leadership, and how we can connect the dots across organisational transformation communities.

Ep. 19 4 Jun 2018