< h3 style="text-align: center;">Learning Workshop, 21 January, 2016 , London, 09:00 - 17:00
Series: Building Enthusiastic Collaborative W
orkplaces with sociocracy
Module 1: Building Engaged Teams with consent dec
ision-making
If so, you may benefit from applying consent -based 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 e ach member are taken into consideration, and objections are resolved by inc orporating refinements into the decision. Members may not like or agree ful ly with a decision, but they can live with it as far as achieving the team' s aims is concernred, it is within their range of tolerance to execute. The system creates group agreement in a very time efficient way.
Who is this learning workshop for:
Teams and project groups with common aims
needing to take collaborative decisions, working across departments, inclu
ding any planning or policy-making groups of people. This course should be
of particilar interest to those wishing to implement change in their organ
isation, get more engagement and commitment in the workforce and implement
participative working practices.
What you will learn:
You w
ill learn the basic steps, rules and roles of the consent-based decision-ma
king process (also known as formal consensus), with lots of chances to prac
tice. You will learn how to make collaborative decisions by consent, and le
arn the basics of facilitating the process. The focus is partical with plen
ty of opportunities to practice.
Unique Value:
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The focus of this worksh op is practical skills which you take back with you and ap ply immediately. This module is a self-contained course, you will learn va luable skills regardless whether you also participate in any of the other m odules. This module, however, forms the basis of all other modules. The m odules in this series are:
While the practical tools emanate from sociocr
acy, they are introduced here independently, so you learn particular skills
you can apply immediately in the workpace, irrespective of whether the org
anisation is sociocratic, or indeed without you needing to know anything ab
out 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 Goveranc
e, Sociocracy 3.0, Flox, Circle Forward, IDM (integrative Decision-Making)
and in particular Holacracy. The latter is a more elaborate system which a
lso comprises the operational side of organisations and other add-ons. Lea
rning collaborative decision-making through consent-building first is thus
an effective way of familiarising oneself with the basics and testing the w
aters, before committing to sociocracy or to a more fully fledged system li
ke Holacracy.
This co-lea rning workshop is highly practical, interactive and involves a lot of peer- learning in self-organised groups. There is a tremendous amount of practic e involved, actually doing and practicing the skills. If there are suffici ent numbers there will be a second workshop facilitator, Francois Knuchel, who will be i ntroducing some new self-organising peer-based approaches we are developing and beta-trialling.
Work Better Together
While the word Sociocracy may be unfamiliar, its roots go back to philosopher and founder of Sociology Auguste Comte, via Quaker peac e activists. Today it is used in businesses and communities looking to work more effectively and enjoyably. You might think of Sociocracy as what come s after democracy; a deeper, more genuine form of democracy, that can help us do a better job of working and relating with each other, whether at work , in community or at home.
In this workshop you will e xperience and learn for yourself that beyond big words and ideas, the essen ce of Sociocracy is simple and elegant, that it can easily be applied to im prove many aspects of your life and work. Sociocracy is a system and set of tools, which puts in to practice the values that humans 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 is how we might go about getting things done if we forgot everything we’ve learned and started from scratch, as if common sense was common.
Sociocracy is work as it should be.
This work shop will be great for anyone who wants to learn and practice healthier and more effective ways of working and relating. You can be a complete beginne r, or if you have experienced something like this before, this might be a u seful opportunity to deepen your practice and understand it from a differen t perspective. Sociocracy is sometimes referred to as an ‘empty method’, wh ich enables it to sit alongside and enhance other tools in a variety of set tings.
Participants will learn together in the mornings, have the aft ernoons to walk, swim, play and practice in a stunning area of natural beau ty 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 thi s course at an affordable price, a little time each day will be for partici pants to help with the running of the place, which might include cooking, c leaning or gardening.
About Martin Grimshaw: “Putting the fun into Fundamental Change”
Martin Grimsha
w is a facilitator
, trainer and organisational con
sultant committed to helping people do a better job of working on what matt
ers. He co-founded SociocracyUK, along with the UK’s first fully incorporat
ed Sociocratic company and probably the world’s first fully incorporated So
ciocratic co-operative business.
He
has been practising Sociocracy in work and in life since around 2008, trai
ning extensively with Nathaniel Whitestone and John Buck, and learning, pra
ctising 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 important work in a way that his Grandmother could understand it.
“Martin is a master, it ’s like 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 wh at was needed.”
Contact Martin if you have questions
A joint project between Th riving Planet (T/A There's Better Ways o f Working), Caterfly and Open2Flow. Administered by Thriving Planet CIC
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< h3 style="text-align: center;">Learning Workshop, 21 January, 2016 , London, 09:00 - 17:00
Series: Building Enthusiastic Collaborative W
orkplaces with sociocracy
Module 1: Building Engaged Teams with consent dec
ision-making
If so, you may benefit from applying consent -based 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 e ach member are taken into consideration, and objections are resolved by inc orporating refinements into the decision. Members may not like or agree ful ly with a decision, but they can live with it as far as achieving the team' s aims is concernred, it is within their range of tolerance to execute. The system creates group agreement in a very time efficient way.
Who is this learning workshop for:
Teams and project groups with common aims
needing to take collaborative decisions, working across departments, inclu
ding any planning or policy-making groups of people. This course should be
of particilar interest to those wishing to implement change in their organ
isation, get more engagement and commitment in the workforce and implement
participative working practices.
What you will learn:
You will learn the basic steps, rules and roles of th
e consent-based decision-making process (also known as formal consensus), w
ith lots of chances to practice. You will learn how to make collaborative d
ecisions by consent, and learn the basics of facilitating the process. The
focus is partical with plenty of opportunities to practice.
Unique Value:
This is a unique approach to get team decisions quickly, b y harnessing, unlocking and drawing on group mind for sharper solutions. Ra ther than trying to get all to agree on an issue, through adversarial debat e as is conventionally the case, consent-based decision-making focusses on fine-tuning proposed solutions to a degree where no-one has any paramount o bjection that would hamper the execution of the decision, and if there are objections, further fine-tuning the solutions.
Benefits:
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Module 1: Building Engaged Teams with consent decision-making
The focus of this workshop is practical skills which yo u take back with you and apply immediately. This module is a self-containe d course, you will learn valuable skills regardless whether you also partic ipate in any of the other modules. This module, however, forms the basis o f all other modules. The modules 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, irre spective of whether the organisation is sociocratic, or indeed without you needing to know anything about sociocracy. This is a highly practical skill s co-learning workshop.
Note
that these skills also form the basis of sociocracy, as well as its derivat
ives, like Dynamic Goverance, Sociocracy 3.0, Flox, Circle Forward, IDM (in
tegrative Decision-Making) and in particular Holacracy. The latter is a mo
re elaborate system which also comprises the operational side of organisati
ons and other add-ons. Learning collaborative decision-making through cons
ent-building first is thus an effective way of familiarising oneself with t
he basics and testing the waters, before committing to sociocracy or to a m
ore 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 t remendous amount of practice involved, actually doing and practicing the sk ills. If there are sufficient numbers there will be a second workshop faci litator, Francois Knuchel, who will be introducing some new self-organising peer-based a pproaches we are developing and beta-trialling.
Work Better Together
While the word Sociocracy may b e unfamiliar, its roots go back to philosopher and founder of Sociology Aug uste Comte, via Quaker peace activists. Today it is used in businesses and communities looking to work more effectively and enjoyably. You might think of Sociocracy as what comes after democracy; a deeper, more genuine form o f democracy, that can help us do a better job of working and relating with each other, whether at work, in community or at home.
In this workshop you will experience and learn for yourself that beyond big words 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. Socioc racy is a system and set of tools, which puts in to practice the values tha t humans 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 is how we might go about getting things done if we forgot everything we’ ve learned and started from scratch, 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 more effective ways of working and relating. Yo u can be a complete beginner, or if you have experienced something like thi s before, this might be a useful opportunity to deepen your practice and un derstand it from a different perspective. Sociocracy is sometimes referred to as an ‘empty method’, which enables it to sit alongside and enhance othe r tools in a variety of settings.
Participants will learn together in the mornings, have the afternoons to walk, swim, play and practice in a st unning area of natural beauty surrounded by mountain, forest and sea. To de epen 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 e ach day will be for participants to help with the running of the place, whi ch might include cooking, cleaning or gardening.
Abou t Martin Grimshaw: “Putting the fun into Fundamental Change”< /span>
Martin Grimshaw is a facilitator
, tra
iner 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
first fully incorporated Sociocratic co-operative business.
He has been practising Sociocracy in work and in l
ife since around 2008, training extensively with Nathaniel Whitestone and J
ohn Buck, and learning, practising and teaching with many others ever since
.
Learning efficient collaborative decision making skills may have he lped to save his life high up on a mountain. Martin especially enjoys shari ng important work in a way that his Grandmother could understand it.
“Martin is a master, it’s like 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 an d unthreatening: exactly what was needed.”
Contact Martin if you have quest ions
A joint project between Thriving Planet (T/A There's Better Ways of Working), Caterfly and Open2Flow. Administe red by Thriving Planet CIC
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