Collaborative organizations develop a wide variety of approaches to creating workplaces that are more democratic and sociocratic. Many other names and rationales are used but they end up in the same place as sociocratic democratic organizations. Freedom. Equality. Harmony. Inclusion. Self-organization.
Case study of Hertzler Systems Inc.
The primary source of the information in this case study came from a 2021 interview with Byron Shetler, CEO of Hertzler Systems Inc.
HERTZLER QUICK FACTS
Location: Goshen, IN
Size: 17 Employees
Field: Manufacturing Data Analytics
ORIGINS
Since its inception in the 1980s, Hertzler Systems Inc. has been making tools for data collection and analysis that optimize clients’ performance, production, and profit. Their primary offering is the… Read More . . . “Hertzler Systems Inc – a case study”
The theory and practice of sociocracy in cooperatives
Join us for this online conference – an accessible introduction to, and interactive exploration of, the current and future theory and practice of sociocratic governance in cooperatives.
All presentations fall into one or more of these themes: How sociocracy aligns with co-op values and principles.
Implementing sociocracy in co-ops. How to create sociocratic co-ops from scratch or implement sociocracy in an existing co-op. This will include case… Read More . . . “Cooperatives and sociocracy – and conference on Feb 18”
As Sharon has announced, Sociocracy For All is now curating this site. We’re proud to be following Sharon who has helped make sociocracy more known and used all over the world, both with this site and with We The People.
A few words on who we are: Sociocracy For All was founded in 2016 by Jerry Koch-Gonzalez and myself, Ted Rau, because we wanted to see an organization that supports the sociocracy movement everywhere. … Read More . . . “We’re ready!”
I’m very happy that Sociocracy for All (SoFA) has stepped forward to assume responsibility for caretaking and developing Sociocracy.info. They have an exciting plan to develop a commons for all the sociocracy-based theories and organizationsThe Delibrative Democracy Consortium (DDC)u is an alliance o... More. When I began Sociocracy.info in 2004, there was only one website devoted to sociocracy, based on Netherlands, and often hard to find. Search engines were fickle about it. Today when I… Read More . . . “New Ownership: Sociocracy for All”
Sunseed Desert Technology is a center for practical education in off-grid living. It offers studies in sustainability, soil erosion in drylands, appropriate technology, eco-construction, and organic gardening. The center has been teaching in the off-grid village of Los Molinos del Río Aguas in Andalusia, Spain for 30 years.
Sunseed is in the process of adopting a more horizontal organizational structure inspired by Sociocracy. In 2019, the community worked with facilitators Xana Piteira and Maria Rute… Read More . . . “Sunseed Desert Technology, Andalusia, Spain”
Several articles have appeared in the last month or so on the implementation of self-management at Zappos. After having adopted Holacracy, which is based on the principles of sociocracy, Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, sent a memo on 24 March 2015 to employees offering three months of salary to any employee who would read a book on Holacracy and quit if they were still not happy in an organization based on self-management.
It was a… Read More . . . “Self-Management at Zappos”
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The sociocracy email discussion list was started in 2002. The list language is English, but members speak many languages if you have translation questions. We discuss anything related to sociocracy, democracy, and collaborative governance.
This site is a resource on sociocracy and democracy and the ways they support each other. It examines the principles and practices and the ways in which together they could better achieve their objectives. How would things get done in a sociocratic democracy?
Case study of Hertzler Systems Inc.
The primary source of the information in this case study came from a 2021 interview with Byron Shetler, CEO of Hertzler Systems Inc.
HERTZLER QUICK FACTS
Location: Goshen, IN
Size: 17 Employees
Field: Manufacturing Data Analytics
ORIGINS
Since its inception in the 1980s, Hertzler Systems Inc. has been making tools for data collection and analysis that optimize clients’ performance, production, and profit. Their primary offering is the… Read More . . . “Hertzler Systems Inc – a case study”
