Scrum Master, Sociocracy Expert, Product Manager! - What are We Saying Exactly?
On 23rd October 2015 Melissa Perri @lissijean tweeted: Product "Manager" Product "Owner" Scrum "Master" I have no idea why people aren't collaborating! Doh! So while we're on the topic, let's not just pick bones with Scrum, Classic sociocracy says things like: Top Circle Global Top Circle Operations Leader Divisions Certified experts Global Sociocratic New World Order!!! Ermm, does anyone else feel slightly nervous hearing these terms or is it just me? Assuming we genuinely w
Two days of S3 @Knowmads
As part of the "Lead and organize in the 21st century" series of workshops @Knowmads Business School in Amsterdam, James and I facilitated a 2 day introduction to Sociocracy 3.0 for 12 people, most of who were Knowmad students from different tribes. The last months we've designed and piloted 7 day and 4 day workshops on this topic and thus had time to dive deeper into the different aspects of S3. Reducing it down to two days was an invitation for us to reflect on the key
A multi-layered experience. Letter from Maria, participant in the S3 workshop in Portugal
While we were getting ready to leave the beautiful Arrabida National Park and Biovilla and head back to Lisbon after the 4 day Residential Workshop in Portugal, Maria stopped to give us a letter. Here are her thoughts and fresh impressions of the four days we spent together: "When entering for the first time in that room, quite immediately I recognized a familiar atmosphere… A space when knowing almost no-one I could feel myself at home. And like this started the travel of th
Discover Sociocracy 3.0 - Residential course in Portugal
4 months after first contact from Diogo Cordeiro, initiator of this S3 residential course in Portugal, Liliana David and I met with 20 delegates for this hugely successful 4 day deep dive into Sociocracy 3.0. The course attracted a wide array of participants from various sectors who brought a rich mix of experience to the gathering. The collective field of expertise included IT consultancy and development, theoretical physics, neuroscience, permaculture, child and adult educa
Sharing Sociocracy 3.0 with neuroscience researchers @Champalimaud Center for the Unknown
On October 1st I was invited to the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, in Lisbon, Portugal, to give a presentation about S3 to researchers from the neuroscience programme. Alex Gomez-Marin PhD, a neuroscientist at the unit, and one of my generous hosts while staying in Lisbon, invited me to present to colleagues at the centre. Alex had also booked to attend the 4 day introduction to S3 residential programme that Liliana David and I then ran at Biovilla, near to Lisbon, beg