In introduction to Sociocracy 3.0

The Lifeboat Academy uses Sociocracy 3.0 as our organizing framework. If you're curious about why we organize ourselves into Guilds with "Caretakers" or how we make decisions together and prioritize our work, this 90 minute video will walk you through:

• The Context and History of Sociocracy 3.0
  • One of several "flavours" of Sociocracy
  • Building on almost a century of development
  • Widely implemented in real-world contexts
• The Core Concept
  • Treat all decisions as a series of experiments
• The Principles
  • 7 Grounding Principles
  • 10 Organizing Principles
• The Process
  • Aim, act, reflect, repeat
  • Identify tensions > explore drivers > gather considerations > brainstorm > prioritize > refine proposals > make agreements > run experiments > reflect and repeat.
• And a number of other important ideas from S3.0
  • Governance vs operations
  • Delegating influence
  • Clarifying domains (guilds)
  • Organizing work

Whether you are building your own lifeboat, want to get involved at the Lifeboat Academy, or are looking for ways to improve collaboration and effectiveness in a group you lead, you will walk away with many useful tools. 

The video includes a Q&A at the end which hopefully covers most of your questions, but if after watching this video, you still have questions, book some one-to-one time or use the feedback button on this article to ask a question.  

Related Content

• After watching this video, you might be interested in our "How to Build a Lifeboat" webinar where we talk about what it means to build a lifeboat - or how to build a local resilience support network in your community. 
• We cover how we apply sociocracy in the Lifeboat Academy in more detail in the 
• You might also want to check out our Guild Onboarding - a short-form of the onboarding for people who are (only) interested in joining a Lifeboat Guild.