< h3 style="text-align: center;">Learning Workshop, 10 May, 2016, Lo ndon, 09:00 - 17:00
Series: Building Enthusiastic Collaborative Workp
laces with sociocracy
Module 1: Building Engaged Teams with consent decisio
n-making
If so, you may benefit from applying consent-bas ed decision-making in your team or organisation:
Consent-based decision-making offers you a proven way for groups with common aims to reach optimal collective decisions. Member feel comfortable implementing these decisions because the perspectives of each member are taken into consideration, and objections are resolved by incorpo rating refinements into the decision. Members may not like or agree fully w ith a decision, but they can live with it as far as achieving the team's ai ms is concernred, it is within their range of tolerance to execute. The sys tem creates group agreement in a very time efficient way.
Who is this learning workshop for:
Teams and project groups with common aims nee
ding to take collaborative decisions, working across departments, including
any planning or policy-making groups of people. This course should be of
particilar interest to those wishing to implement change in their organisat
ion, get more engagement and commitment in the workforce and implement part
icipative working practices.
What you will learn:
You will
learn the basic steps, rules and roles of the consent-based decision-making
process (also known as formal consensus), with lots of chances to practice
. You will learn how to make collaborative decisions by consent, and learn
the basics of facilitating the process. The focus is partical with plenty o
f opportunities to practice.
Unique Value:
This is a uniq ue approach to get team decisions quickly, by harnessing, unlocking and dra wing on group mind for sharper solutions. Rather than trying to get all to agree on an issue, through adversarial debate as is conventionally the case , consent-based decision-making focusses on fine-tuning proposed solutions to a degree where no-one has any paramount objection that would hamper the execution of the decision, and if there are objections, further fine-tuning the solutions.
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M odule 1: Building Engaged Teams with consent decision-making
The focus of this workshop i s practical skills which you take back with you and apply immediately. This module is a self-contained course, you will learn valuab le skills regardless whether you also participate in any of the other modul es. This module, however, forms the basis of all other modules. The modul es in this series are:
While the practical tools emanate from sociocracy, they are introduced here independently, so you learn particular skills you can apply immediately in the workpace, irrespective of whether the organis ation is sociocratic, or indeed without you needing to know anything about sociocracy. This is a highly practical skills co-learning workshop.
Note that these skills also form the
basis of sociocracy, as well as its derivatives, like Dynamic Goverance, S
ociocracy 3.0, Flox, Circle Forward, IDM (integrative Decision-Making) and
in particular Holacracy. The latter is a more elaborate system which also
comprises the operational side of organisations and other add-ons. Learnin
g collaborative decision-making through consent-building first is thus an e
ffective way of familiarising oneself with the basics and testing the water
s, before committing to sociocracy or to a more fully fledged system like H
olacracy.
This co-learnin g workshop is highly practical, interactive and involves a lot of peer-lear ning in self-organised groups. There is a tremendous amount of practice in volved, actually doing and practicing the skills. If there are sufficient numbers there will be a second workshop facilitator, Francois Knuchel, who will be intro ducing some new self-organising peer-based approaches we are developing and beta-trialling.
While the word Sociocracy may be unfamiliar, its roots go back to philosopher and founder of Sociology Auguste Comte, via Quaker peace ac tivists. Today it is used in businesses and communities looking to work mor e effectively and enjoyably. You might think of Sociocracy as what comes af ter democracy; a deeper, more genuine form of democracy, that can help us d o a better job of working and relating with each other, whether at work, in community or at home.
In this workshop you will exper ience and learn for yourself that beyond big words and ideas, the essence o f Sociocracy is simple and elegant, that it can easily be applied to improv e many aspects of your life and work. Sociocracy is a system and set of too ls, which puts in to practice the values that humans instinctively hold dea r, but which often disappear when we try to get things done with others, ev en if we try to do things ‘democratically.’ It is how we might go about get ting things done if we forgot everything we’ve learned and started from scr atch, as if common sense was common.
Sociocracy is work as it should be.
This workshop will be great for anyone who wants to learn and practice healthier and mor e effective ways of working and relating. You can be a complete beginner, o r if you have experienced something like this before, this might be a usefu l opportunity to deepen your practice and understand it from a different pe rspective. Sociocracy is sometimes referred to as an ‘empty method’, which enables it to sit alongside and enhance other tools in a variety of setting s.
Participants will learn together in the mornings, have the afterno ons to walk, swim, play and practice in a stunning area of natural beauty s urrounded by mountain, forest and sea. To deepen your experience of co-lear ning, of co-creating, of being at the centre, as well as to provide this co urse at an affordable price, a little time each day will be for participant s to help with the running of the place, which might include cooking, clean ing or gardening.
Martin Grimshaw is
a facilitator
, trainer and organisational consult
ant committed to helping people do a better job of working on what matters.
He co-founded SociocracyUK, along with the UK’s first fully incorporated S
ociocratic company and probably the world’s first fully incorporated Socioc
ratic co-operative business.
He has
been practising Sociocracy in work and in life since around 2008, training
extensively with Nathaniel Whitestone and John Buck, and learning, practis
ing and teaching with many others ever since.
Learning efficient coll aborative decision making skills may have helped to save his life high up o n a mountain. Martin especially enjoys sharing important work in a way that his Grandmother could understand it.
“Martin is a master, it’s l ike watching Roger Federer on Centre Court. It brought tears to my eyes, I’ ve never seen anybody conduct… training with such kindness and patience. It was very impressive… He was playful, fun and unthreatening: exactly what w as needed.”
Contact Martin if you have questions
A joint project between Thrivi ng Planet (T/A There's Better Ways of Wo rking), Caterfly and Open2Flow. Administered by Thriving Planet CIC
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:< h3 style="text-align: center;">Learning Workshop, 10 May, 2016, Lo ndon, 09:00 - 17:00
Series: Building Enthusiastic Collaborative Workp
laces with sociocracy
Module 1: Building Engaged Teams with consent decisio
n-making
If so, you may benefit from applying consent-bas ed decision-making in your team or organisation:
Consent-based decision-making offers you a proven way for groups with common aims to reach optimal collective decisions. Member feel comfortable implementing these decisions because the perspectives of each member are taken into consideration, and objections are resolved by incorpo rating refinements into the decision. Members may not like or agree fully w ith a decision, but they can live with it as far as achieving the team's ai ms is concernred, it is within their range of tolerance to execute. The sys tem creates group agreement in a very time efficient way.
Who is this learning workshop for:
Teams and project groups with common aims nee
ding to take collaborative decisions, working across departments, including
any planning or policy-making groups of people. This course should be of
particilar interest to those wishing to implement change in their organisat
ion, get more engagement and commitment in the workforce and implement part
icipative working practices.
What you will learn:
You will learn the basic steps, rules and roles of the co
nsent-based decision-making process (also known as formal consensus<
span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">), with
lots of chances to practice. You will learn how to make collaborative decis
ions by consent, and learn the basics of facilitating the process. The focu
s is partical with plenty of opportunities to practice.
Unique Value:
This is a unique approach to get team decisions quickly, by ha rnessing, unlocking and drawing on group mind for sharper solutions. Rather than trying to get all to agree on an issue, through adversarial debate as is conventionally the case, consent-based decision-making focusses on fine -tuning proposed solutions to a degree where no-one has any paramount objec tion that would hamper the execution of the decision, and if there are obje ctions, further fine-tuning the solutions.
Benefits:
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|
|
Module 1: Building Engaged Teams with consent dec ision-making
T he focus of this workshop is practical skills which you ta ke back with you and apply immediately. This module is a self-contained co urse, you will learn valuable skills regardless whether you also participat e in any of the other modules. This module, however, forms the basis of al l other modules. The modules in this series are:
While the practical too ls emanate from sociocracy, they are introduced here independently, so you learn particular skills you can apply immediately in the workpace, irrespec tive of whether the organisation is sociocratic, or indeed without you need ing to know anything about sociocracy. This is a highly practical skills co -learning workshop.
Note that
these skills also form the basis of sociocracy, as well as its derivatives
, like Dynamic Goverance, Sociocracy 3.0, Flox, Circle Forward, IDM (integr
ative Decision-Making) and in particular Holacracy. The latter is a more e
laborate system which also comprises the operational side of organisations
and other add-ons. Learning collaborative decision-making through consent-
building first is thus an effective way of familiarising oneself with the b
asics and testing the waters, before committing to sociocracy or to a more
fully fledged system like Holacracy.
This co-learning workshop is highly practical, interactive and involves a lot of peer-learning in self-organised groups. There is a treme ndous amount of practice involved, actually doing and practicing the skills . If there are sufficient numbers there will be a second workshop facilita tor, Francois Knu chel, who will be introducing some new self-organising peer-based appro aches we are developing and beta-trialling.
Work Bet ter Together
While the word Sociocracy may be un familiar, its roots go back to philosopher and founder of Sociology Auguste Comte, via Quaker peace activists. Today it is used in businesses and comm unities looking to work more effectively and enjoyably. You might think of Sociocracy as what comes after democracy; a deeper, more genuine form of de mocracy, that can help us do a better job of working and relating with each other, whether at work, in community or at home.
In t his workshop you will experience and learn for yourself that beyond big wor ds and ideas, the essence of Sociocracy is simple and elegant, that it can easily be applied to improve many aspects of your life and work. Sociocracy is a system and set of tools, which puts in to practice the values that hu mans instinctively hold dear, but which often disappear when we try to get things done with others, even if we try to do things ‘democratically.’ It i s how we might go about getting things done if we forgot everything we’ve l earned and started from scratch, as if common sense was common.
Sociocracy is work as it shou ld be.
This workshop will be great for anyone who wants to learn and practice healthier and more effective ways of working and relating. You ca n be a complete beginner, or if you have experienced something like this be fore, this might be a useful opportunity to deepen your practice and unders tand it from a different perspective. Sociocracy is sometimes referred to a s an ‘empty method’, which enables it to sit alongside and enhance other to ols in a variety of settings.
Participants will learn together in the mornings, have the afternoons to walk, swim, play and practice in a stunni ng area of natural beauty surrounded by mountain, forest and sea. To deepen your experience of co-learning, of co-creating, of being at the centre, as well as to provide this course at an affordable price, a little time each day will be for participants to help with the running of the place, which m ight include cooking, cleaning or gardening.
About Ma rtin Grimshaw: “Putting the fun into Fundamental Change”
Martin Grimshaw is a facilitator
, trainer
and organisational consultant committed to helping people do a better job
of working on what matters. He co-founded SociocracyUK, along with the UK’s
first fully incorporated Sociocratic company and probably the world’s firs
t fully incorporated Sociocratic co-operative business.
He has been practising Sociocracy in work and in life
since around 2008, training extensively with Nathaniel Whitestone and John
Buck, and learning, practising and teaching with many others ever since.
Learning efficient collaborative decision making skills may have helped to save his life high up on a mountain. Martin especially enjoys sharing i mportant work in a way that his Grandmother could understand it.
“Martin is a master, it’s like watching Roger Federer on Centre Court. It b rought tears to my eyes, I’ve never seen anybody conduct… training with suc h kindness and patience. It was very impressive… He was playful, fun and un threatening: exactly what was needed.”
Contact Martin if you have questions
A joint project between Thriving Planet (T/A There's Better Ways of Working), Cate rfly and Open2Flow. Administered by Thriving Planet CIC
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