Teamwork is difficult, can Sociocracy help?
summary
Company restructures teams into one circle of 4–10 people with customer, project lead, lead developer and team lead all on the same line, then experiments with concrete facilitation: use of equal speaking rounds and a sociocratic consent process that requires a proposal, clarifying questions and asking for objections (consent ask for objections). Example debates like free soft drinks and maintenance move from hour‑long stalemates to faster, higher‑buy‑in outcomes, though splitting roles creates more agendas and the team lead still sometimes overrides under pressure.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:53Teamwork is difficult
- 4:40Team structures
- 10:06Teamwork pitfalls
- 11:02Jumping to solutions
- 16:32No decision
- 20:29Objections
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