Pieter Van der Meché: Decision making principles that boost commitment, quality and goal achievement

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Sociocratic Circle Organization
Bringing cooperation to a higher level
by Pieter van der Meché

Results
• Higher problem solving capacity
• High commitment to decisions
• Effective meetings
• Selforganization and empowerment
due to improved correctability, tolerance and a learning
attitude

Leading
Doing
Measuring
Goal realization
needs a secured
circle process
= Agile (iterative)

Leading
Doing
Measuring
Leading
Doing
Measuring
Leading
Doing
Measuring
Cooperation needs a dynamic
hierachy of semi-autonomous
circle processes = self-
organization
Leading
Doing
Measuring

It requires that different perspectives …
Joint aim
realization

… do align to reach the common goal
= distributive leadership/collective intelligence

Linear decision making does not secure alignment
Leader
Subordinate
Majority
Minority
Autocratic (in disguise) Democatic
+ Fast + Participative
- Lack of commitment - Polarization

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Four Design Rules of the
Sociocratic Circle organization Method (SCM)
1. Consent Principle
2. Circle-Organization
3. Double Linked Hierarchy
4. Open Election
An ‘empty’ method for organization design
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A circular hierarchy based on equivalence between levels
Dept 1
Ext. Board
CEO
Dept. 2
Mgr
Mgr
Dept. 3
Mgr
Staff
Mgr
Top Circle
General Circle
Dept.
Circle
Dept.
Circle
Dept.
Circle
Dept.
Circle
Member of GC and DC
Member of TC and GC

Need for self-organization and better connection
Store J
CEO
Store S
Mgr
Mgr
Store v.B.
Mgr
Staff
Mgr
General Circle
Store
Circle
Support
Circle
Store
Circle
Store
Circle
Member of GC and DC

Consent principle = no argued paramount
objection, governs decision making
• No consensus
• No veto
• Not without obligation
• No abstinence
• Leaves room for other ways of
decision making
• Common goal
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Agile workprocess
Policy Making Operations
+
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measurements
Policy
TM
Leadership
TM
TM TM
Domain of team
•(Common goal)
•Workprocesses
•Aim and criteria (policy plan)
•Leading, execute, measurement tasks
•Team members

Best of both worlds
Lead
Do
Fast for execution
High quality and commitment
for policy
Lead
Measure Do
Consent
13
Tolerance

An organization is built up of a hierarchy of semi-
autonomous circles = self-organization
Dep. 1
RvC
CEO
Dep. 2
DL
DL
Dep. 3
DL
Dep. 4
DL
Top circle
General circle
Afd. Kring Afd. Kring
Afd.Kring
Afd. Kring

The solution: the double link, a circular hierarchy
Circle 1
Circle 2
Representative
Leading
Doing
Measuring
Leader
Represents Circle 1
in Circle 2
Represents Circle 2
in Circle 1

A circular hierarchy based on equivalence between levels
Dept 1
Ext. Board
CEO
Dept. 2
Mgr
Mgr
Dept. 3
Mgr
Staff
Mgr
Top Circle
General Circle
Dept.
Circle
Dept.
Circle
Dept.
Circle
Dept.
Circle
Member of GC and DC
Member of TC and GC

Open Election
• Delegation of functions and tasks after
open argumentation with consent
• For a limited time period
• Correction possible at any circle meeting

Sociocratic circle meeting
• Place to set policy to achieve a common goal
• Every person working in that circle has acces
to circle meeting
• Decision making with consent
▪ Picture forming
▪ Opinion forming
▪ Decision making
• Moderator and rounds

Culture/lifestyle
• A learning attitude: correctable
• Both … and thinking: taking an interest
in other viewpoints
• Tension as a source of creativity
• Focus on common aim
• Tolerance: do more with more or less
• Barter instead of stealing
• Differentiate, not seperate

Implementation process
• Introduction
▪ Develop an Implementation plan
• Implementation
▪ Training circles
• Integration
▪ Training of key roles
• Securing, maintenaince, development
▪ Bylaws
▪ Audits
▪ Sociocratic performance/development review
▪ Sociocratic remuneration schema

Learnings
• Developing a learning attitude is key
• Training is essential (esp. leadership,
facilitators and delegates)
• Good quality circle meetings are key
• Maintenance needed: measurement
and permanent education

Questions and Answers

How we can help
• Trainings
• Better meetings: sociocratic decision making and facilitation
• Better teams: working as sociocratic circle
• Better organizations: working as a sociocratic circle organization
• Certification
• Sociocratic Trainer
• Sociocratic Consultant
• Facilitation
• Strategy sessions
• Implementation/Consultancy
• Introduce, integrate and secure

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Next Step:
- Registration for our introductory
course
- Ask for a free consult to discuss
facilitation and implementation in your
context, pvandermeche@sociocratie.nl
or descalon@sociocracy.com
- Subscribe to our free newsletter, see
website

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Online Course
March 23, 30, and April 6
Focus on:
• understanding of foundations of Sociocracy
• Consent decision making and open election
• Circle Structure
- Three sessions of 2 hours where we do
exercises
- Register on www.sociocracy.com

Cooperation needs alignment
with a circular governance structure
real alignment is possible
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