Sociocracy – A means for true agile organizations - Jutta Eckstein - Agile SG 2016

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Jutta Eckstein
[email protected], www.JEckstein.com
@JuttaEckstein
Sociocracy:
A Means for True Agile Organizations
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Agenda
 Context
 Decision Making
 Roles & Hierarchies
 Summary

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Strange Term: Sociocracy
 Sounds like socialism… but has nothing to do with it
 Origins
– Socius = Companion
– Kratein = to govern
 Dynamic governance
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Observed Struggles of Self-Organization
 Lack of full buy-in for decisions
 Decisions aren‘t transparent or helpful
 Hierarchy prevents self-organization

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DECISION MAKING
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Lack of full buy-in for decisions

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Making Decisions
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Deciding by Consent

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Application of consent decisions
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ROLES & HIERARCHIES

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Example: Electing People to Functions & Tasks
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Approach: Electing People to Functions & Tasks
 Clarification of functions and tasks
 Proposal round – in writing
 Proposals are collected by facilitator and read out loud
 Rationale round
 Change round
 Summary of remaining suggestions and proposal
 Consent round
 Celebrate

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Application: Electing People to Functions & Tasks
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Scrum Master‘s Expected Service to the
Organization
 Leading and coaching the organization in
its Scrum adoption;
 Planning Scrum implementations within
the organization;
 Helping employees and stakeholders
understand and enact Scrum and
empirical product development;
Source: http://www.scrumguides.org/
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Hierarchies…
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Double Linking

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Application of Double Linking
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SUMMARY

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Lessons Learned
 Decisions based on consent ensure full buy-in
 Sociocratic election opens new possibilities
 Embed Agility in the organization by double-linking
 You can start where you and your organization are and
implement the principles step by step
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It’s the structure that
enables or hinders self-
organization, not the
people.
Pieter van der Meché
The Sociocracy Group

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Want to know more, check out…
 http://sociocracy.com/
 http://sociocracyconsulting.com/
 John Buck: We the People – Consenting to
a deeper democracy: A guide in
Sociocratic Principles and Methods
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Many Thanks!
Jutta Eckstein, [email protected]
www.JEckstein.com
@JuttaEckstein

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Sociocracy – A means for true agile organizations - Jutta Eckstein - Agile SG 2016

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