Harvest Bounty webinar feedback – The Sociocracy Consulting Group

We would appreciate your feedback on our Harvest Bounty webinar documentary video. The questions below are based on Edward DeBono’s “six thinking hats” model of analysis.

White Hat - describe the documentary in terms of considering purely what information is available - what are the facts?.

Red Hat - describe the documentary in terms of intuitive or instinctive gut reactions or statements of emotional feeling (without any justification).

Black Hat - describe the documentary in terms of logic applied to identifying reasons to be cautious and conservative, practical, realistic.

Yellow Hat - describe the documentary in terms of logic applied to identifying benefits, seeking harmony, seeing the brighter side of situations.

Blue Hat - describe the documentary in terms of overview and observations - what is the subject, the goal, the big picture?

Green Hat - describe the documentary in terms of thinking creatively, provocation, investigation, new ideas & possibilities.

Better Model for the Children

We're always talking to the children about being creative. We're always wanting them to be inspired and to use their own intuition and creativity. Now they're seeing a much better model among the adults in the organization because we're being more creative and we're working together in a much better fashion than we were before.

Renee Owen, Executive Director, Rainbow Community School, Asheville, North Carolina

Creative Decisions that Last

We used a sociocracy consultant to facilitate our Steering Council meeting and an annual Community meeting for our religious congregation, where we dealt with some emotionally-charged issues. She did a skillful job. We were all glad that we were able to arrive at creative decisions, and those decisions have lasted.

Elyse Seidner-Joseph, Chairperson, Steering Council, P’nai Or Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

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

All voices heard

I was especially struck by how the structure of the meeting allowed all voices to be heard, and resisted any one person dominating the discussion. I have held leadership positions in several nonprofit organizations and work with nonprofits in my consulting business, so I have spent a lot of time in meetings! I think so many organizations -- not just nonprofits -- will find they can accomplish more, and more inclusively, using a sociocratic meeting model.

Kristen Sbrogna, parent at Five Creeks Studio educational resource center for homeschooling families

Fosters cooperation and trust

Sociocracy shifts us away from the old command-and-control structures with which most of us grew up -- structures that often fostered fear, control, and competition among people. What we have instead now is a system that fosters cooperation and trust, allowing room for a new way of working together. It's beautiful to witness.

Cynthia Kennedy, Founding Member, Open Floor International

Easy, Efficient Delegation

Since we've adopted sociocracy, it's much easier and more efficient for me to delegate. I'm able to receive information from the staff, the faculty, and all the different committees in a much more efficient fashion. I can't tell you how much more enjoyable my job is.

Renee Owen, Executive Director, Rainbow Community School, Asheville, North Carolina