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Brave New Work 43. Steering Together: The Power of Participatory Governance

At Work with The Ready

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CYA or Cover Your Ass Governance?

Today's topic is participatory governance, not just dictatorial or other types of governance we're going to talk about. The idea of consent goes all the way back to the Quaker religious tradition. In some Quaker communities, even one person could block a decision for the whole community until they felt like it was safe to move forward with. So that's the origin of this model that then was reburnt in sociocratic schools in the mid-20th century.

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