Open Handbook - Sociocracy Intro
We work through sociocracy to reshape how power moves within our organisation. Decisions flow through connected circles, guided by consent rather than command, creating space for diverse expertise and collective accountability. It's a structure that mirrors the creative ecology we aim to nurture - adaptive, interdependent, and attentive to the conditions that sustain collaborative cultural life.
We operate as a sociocracy because the structures we inherit shape the possibilities of what we can create together. Decisions are distributed, consent guides action, and circles of responsibility connect rather than dominate. This is not a governance experiment for its own sake - it is a deliberate reconfiguration of power, designed to dissolve hierarchies, surface diverse expertise, cultivate accountability across the organisation and ensure that how we work is as accessible and sustainable as the outcomes we pursue. We also moved towards sociocracy after a collective team goverannce review wanted an alternative to Direct Consensus Democracy.