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Sociocratic Organizations

Videos on Sociocracy by People Using It

Examples & Stories

The  Sociocracy Consulting Group website  has a collection a of videos explaining sociocracy and featuring people who are using sociocracy in their organizations. They will be adding videos as they become available. A sampling of those available is listed below. At this writing they are all on one page, just scroll down to find the [...]

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L’École Internationale des Chefs, Longueuil, Québec

Sociocratic Organizations

L’École Internationale des Chefs, the international school for leaders, training in sociocratic principles and methods. How to guide other individuals, groups, and organizations, and manage a communication and decision-making structure that promotes the development of individuals and the organization in respect of the environment. Leadership training and listening. Also provides ongoing professional training groups to help [...]

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Sociogest, Longueuil and Lac Simon, Québec, Canada

Sociocratic Organizations

Sociogest is one of the oldest sociocracy consulting firms, specializing in management training and organizational development. It was started by Gilles Charest, a consultant with 40 years of organizational development experience, who also melds his training in Gestalt psychology with sociocracy to teach leadership skills. The firm has an international network of consultants in French=speaking [...]

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Asheville Movement Collective, Asheville, North Carolina, USA

Sociocratic Organizations

The Asheville Movement Collective formed in the late 1990s as an ecstatic dance group. The group made a a variety of organizational changes and experienced rapid growth in 2008 and adopted Dynamic Self Governance (Sociocracy) in 2009. VISION: A world that moves in harmony where all are free to be their authentic selves within a [...]

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De School, Zandvoort, The Netherlands

Sociocratic Organizations

De School in The Netherlands was founded using the sociocratic organization method under the guidance of Annewiek Reijmer of the global center, the Sociocratisch Centrum. The school has become famous in Holland because it offers a 50-week school year in order to meet parents needs for childcare as well as education for their children. The [...]

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Smart Nuts Technology, Nelson, BC, Canada

Sociocratic Organizations

Smart Nuts Technology’s endorsement of dynamic governance: Smart Nuts Technology has hired the services of Eric Bowers and John Buck to bring the Dynamic Governance model into the management and daily operations of our company. Eric and John are working with our management team to educate us in a system of business governance that “rewires [...]

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DecisonLab, Sussex, England, UK

In the Workplace

A consulting practice that offers facilitation, training, coaching, and consultancy services to organizations and leaders who share common visions of bettering the world. Since January 2010, DecisionLab has been governed and operated along sociocratic and cooperative principles. In March 2010, DecisionLab incorporated as Sociocratic, Ecological and Economic Development (SEED) Ltd, which is a registered member of Co-operatives UK. Their [...]

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Terra Viva, São Paulo, Brazil

In the Workplace

Terra Viva is an agribusiness centered in São Paulo, Brazil begin by the Schoenmaker family in 1959 to grow gladiolas. Though not mentioned on their website, Gerard Endenburg consulted with the owner in the 1970s to develop the company using sociocracy. They now have more than a thousand workers and focus on bulbs and plants for [...]

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Semco, São Paulo, Brazil

In the Workplace

Throughout Maverick, Ricardo Semler’s book on the development of his corporation Semco, he expresses and implements ideas that are hauntingly similar to those of Gerard Endenburg. Semler calls his method “open management” and refers to democracy for workers. He never mentions Endenburg’s “sociocratic-circle-organization.” What was the connection between the ideas of Semler and Endenburg? Between [...]

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Holacracy and Sociocracy

Sociocratic Organizations

The history of holacracy and sociocracy: John Buck consulted with Brian Robertson to organize his company sociocratically years ago. Brian was very enthusiastic and was already a devotee of Ken Wilber. Brian had a very interesting business model. His company, Ternary Software, didn’t do work under contract. If they decided to work with a company, [...]

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