Shop room
Properties: Shop window
Pleasantly decorated (small staircase at the
Back, leading to saloonbed with storage space below). Easy looking in from the outside. Street noises. Adjacent to living room.
Sunroom
Properties: Large window with
French windows and garden, facing South. Light dome in ceiling.
Adjacent to bathroom and living room.
Properties: Large room,
favourably situated, with grand piano. Must remain
available for house concerts.
Co-inhabitants practise their piano playing here.
View of the parking space. Adjacent to living room.
Music room
Entrance Hall
Common living room
Stora
ge
WC
Antique Room
Properties: Exquisite antique open
fireplace. No noise, near the balcony.
Low ceiling. Rather dark.
Large Room
Properties: Lots of privacy.
Lots of (storage) space. Very hot in summer.
Poor ventilation. Facing WC and bathroom.
Old Room
Properties: High stucco ceiling.
Much privacy. Pretty view.
No direct sunlight. Next to bathroom.
Attic
Properties: Pretty view.
Much privacy. Access to balcony. High ceiling with
beams. Chilly and damp in
winter time. Not much sunlight.
WC
1st FLOOR
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Equivalence in decision making
Leading
Measuring Executing
Consent
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Consent principle
No paramount reasoned objection:
• No consensus but no paramount
objections
• No veto but a reasoned objection
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The decision making process
1. Picture forming: what is it about?
2. Opinion forming: what do you think of it?
3. Decision making: what do we decide upon?
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Actual organisation structure Linear
Dep. 1
Board
CEO
Dep. 2
Staff
Manager Manager
Dep. 3
Manager
Staff
Manager
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Lineair decision making governs
Leading
Execution
Advantages?
Disadvantages?
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Democratic decision making
Majority
Minority
Advantages?
Disadvantages?
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Consent principle
Leading
Measuring Executing
Consent
Advantages?
Disadvantages?
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Dilemma
Leading
Measuring Executing
Leading
Executing
Advantage: fast
Disadvantage: conformism
Advantage: creativity Disadvantage: slow
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Solution to the dilemma
• Distinguishing policy from execution
• Making mistakes is a must
• Need for tolerance
Tolerance
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Circle organisation
Dep. 1
Bestuur
Directie
Dep. 2
Staf
LG LG
Dep. 3
LG
Staff.
LG
Top circle
General circle
Dep.- circle
Dep.- cicle
Dep.- circle
Dep.- circle
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4 Sociocratic ground rules
1. Consent principle
2. Circle
3. Double link
4. Sociocratic election
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1 Consent
No paramount reasoned objection :
• No consensus but no paramount
objections
• No veto but a reasoned objection
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2 Organizing in Circles
• Relative autonomous group
• Common aim
• Leading, executing and measuring
• Policy and execution
• Integral education
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4 Election for functions with consent
• Open procedure
• Change opinions without losing face
• Decision with consent
• No winners or losers
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Lessons learned
• It takes an inner transformation:
from fight or flight towards learning
From I and THEY to I and WE
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Lessons learned
• Implementation is an ongoing process of
develepment
• To assure quality connection to a center of
sociocratic expertise is needed
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Getting started
• Leading by example: educate yourself
• School for Leaders
Leading yourself
Leading a group
Leading an organization
• Books
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