When to Use Consent and Consensus Decision-Making
In sociocracy, consent and consensus decision-making are only used for policy decisions. Policy decisions are those that govern actions and allocation of resources (budget, people,…
Tag: Facilitation
How to talk across our political divide
[This is a repost from Craig’s blog on Good Group Decisions Inc. Craig also offers a Make Shift Coffee House: a forum he designed to…
Pushing Versus Inviting
There’s a prevalent style of facilitation that’s mostly passive—where the person running the meeting isn’t doing much more than deciding who’ll talk next, punctuated by…
Facilitating by Intuition
I’m traveling to Durham NC where I’ll be working with a cohousing community (my 61st if you’re keeping score at home). I’ll be using one…
Sharpening the Conversation
Recently I was conducting a facilitation training with co-trainer MarÃa Stawsky The weekends run from Friday morning through Sunday afternoon and are a mix of…
Getting Less Conflicted About Conflict
In the last week, a colleague sent me the link for a TEDx talk entitled: Conflict: Use it, Don’t Defuse It. The two presenters, CrisMarie…
The Facilitator’s Horse Trick
I was recently in a conversation with a friend who had just facilitated a difficult meeting for a neighboring community. Upon reflection, he felt fine…
What Is a Block?
Personally I object to the use of the word “block” as synonymous with “objection” and this entry explains some of the reasons why. What is…
A Clean Decision-Making Process
One of the ways the principles and methods used by sociocracy speed up decision-making is going directly to objections instead of discussing the proposal. The…