Communities of Practice – The Sociocracy Consulting Group

A Community of Practice (CoP) is a group organized for the purpose of ongoing study and practice in applications and theory of sociocracy. Contact us for details on starting or joining a Community of Practice.

We offer three different basic types of CoPs:

Open CoP - has a minimum prerequisite of one of our introductory workshops, webinars, or equivalent experience. An open CoP is a place to explore, understand, and practice Sociocracy with learning focused on basics and fundamentals. Open CoPs will be be facilitated by a member of TSCG.
Specialty CoP - organized around a specific group and/or learning goals, with a prerequisite of our Foundations of Sociocracy training and a six session commitment. Specialty CoPs may be facilitated by either a member of the TSCG or a suitably experienced member of an Advanced Practitioner CoP.
Advanced Practitioner CoP - an integral part of our Advanced Sociocratic Practitioner training path, with a prerequisite of our Foundations of Sociocracy training and a 12 session commitment. Advanced Practitioner CoPs will be facilitated by a member of TSCG.

Custom Communities of Practice can be designed to meet your organization's specific needs - contact us for more information.

Skills for Community Success

...My ability to successfully navigate a meeting has grown significantly, and our community’s meetings are much more productive now. It was great to have a small class with such skilled, experienced, and responsive instructors...This is the first time in an online class that I felt so engaged, learned so much, and received so much value and personal attention. I highly recommend this class (Facilitating Sociocracy) for anyone who wants to improve their understanding, experience, skills, and enjoyment of sociocratic facilitation.

Hope V. Horton, Hart’s Mill Ecovillage, North Carolina

Fewer Meetings, Better Decisions

We adopted sociocracy and all of a sudden there is a room full of empowered people helping make decisions. People feel different. I’d say that at the end of 100% of our circle meetings - where we set policy - everyone says, 'My goodness. I feel so much more energized.' We have fewer meetings over time as we’ve implemented sociocracy, the decisions are better, and the follow-through is better because everyone’s on board.

Paul Kervick, Outreach Coordinator and Board Member, Vermont

Perfectly Suited to Deep Transformation

Sociocracy allowed the Institut français to develop by strengthening the commitment and cohesion of its personnel around its educational and community mission in a particularly difficult development context. Sociocracy allows a human relations management style perfectly suited to environments in deep transformation. Undoubtedly, this was the key to the success of the Institut français.

Dominique Sarny, former Director of the Institut français, University of Regina

Increased Profits the First Year

Sociocracy has made a big difference in Creative Urethanes’ ability to withstand the economic downturn. We saw increased profits within the first year of using the method. Over time we have applied it to many areas of the company. As a result we have better communication throughout the company, lower employee turnover, more energy in staff members due to increased involvement, more creative ideas that help us thrive in our industry, and continuous improvement within the organization. Best for me is I have more assistance—having everyone’s help during hard economic times has lifted some weight off my shoulders.

Richard Heitfield, President, Creative Urethanes, Winchester, Virginia

A Collective Effort Like no Other

When we set up the International Conscious Movement Teachers Association we wanted to create a genuinely inclusive organisation run on a less hierarchical model. It’s been quite a journey - learning new ways of being - transparency, equivalence...passing decisions off to those responsible for the area of work - and letting them get on with it! We ended up with a lot more than we had bargained for...a collective effort like no other, and intelligent decision-making that genuinely stems from collaboration and creativity. The biggest surprise for many of us is how heart-warming the process is - and how it supports the making of bonds between us.

Tim Foskett, Director, International Conscious Movement Teachers Association

Problems Solved From Both Ends

When I was an enlisted man in the Navy, I wondered why the officers didn’t listen to our good ideas. When I became an officer, I wondered why I could never get the enlisted men to tell me what they were thinking. I tell you from experience that sociocracy solves this problem from both ends.

Richard Heitfield, President, Creative Urethanes, Winchester, Virginia