Great things are happening and following our commitment to communicate more frequently about our work and passion, here we are with some exciting news. Since last time At the end of January we spent 4 days and nights, locked in an old monastery with 29 other sociocrazies for the Sociocracy 3.0 deepening course in Belgium! We had an international gathering of S3 practitioners where we walked-our-talk pulling in S3 patterns in a mutual quest to deepen learning and understanding

We are celebrating today because we are about to send out our first newsletter (ever)! Since we began Thrive-in Collaboration 2 1/2 years ago, so much has happened. We've juggled limited resources with increasing invitations, ambitious intentions and the responsibilities of living daily life. It's such a privilage to be invited to do the work we are doing, supporting others to learn and evolve in collaboration. And we are forever humbled as we navigate the same learning journ

Dear friends, I’m excited to share with you a small project I’ve just started. Inspired by the wisdom that Sociocracy 3.0 captures in some simple words, I’ve put together a website that offers clothes with meaningful messages. In true S3 style, my first product is to test one design, "Good Enough for Now and Safe Enough to Try" printed on T-shirts, sweaters and hoodies. My intention is to spread this ‘mantra’ that many people say transforms their perspective on decisions, col

One of the things I love most about the work James and I do is the diversity of contexts and people we come into contact with. Helping software developers to learn about requires a different approach, than with coaches and consultants or presenting in a bank or science faculty! I think we've proven our assumption that Sociocracy 3.0 is a framework that applies to all collaboration, regardless of context and I see people in different sectors, from various places around the wor

Listen to this telecall organized by The Kairos Project with James Priest on the 1st of Septemeber 2016. Find out how Sociocracy 3.0 (S3) relates to Holacracy, Teal, Lean, Agile, Reinventing Organisations and Human development. Here are the (rephrased) questions that James answers: 1. Holacracy is an 'all in' methodology and S3 proposes a modular approach, inviting organizations to pull in patterns and adapt them according to their context and needs. Can you say more about

Today I had the pleasure of a conversation with Valentin Vlacic who contributes as an Agile Community Grower with Wemanity in Belgium. I met Valentin during the recent Darefest in Belgium when he joined others for a 90 minute lightening workshop that Lili and I shared on S3 foundations, decision making and scaling. Valentin contacted me later to continue the conversation. During our call he explained to me about Wemanity, founded 3 years ago by Jean-Christophe Conticello - al

​ ​ 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

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

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