More and more organizations are seeking alternatives to traditional hierarchies—systems that balance participation with effectiveness, equity, clarity, and adaptability. Sociocracy offers a proven pathway to shared governance.
But how do you actually introduce it to an existing organization?
This book picks up where the well-known sociocracy handbook Many Voices One Song leaves off. With wisdom gained from dozens of implementations around the world, this practical guide walks readers step-by-step through the full journey:
Packed with samples, diagrams, checklists, templates, stories, and many examples, this implementation companion is an essential resource for organizations ready to implement sociocracy as well as consultants supporting them.
Ted Rau and Jerry Koch-Gonzalez, authors of the sociocracy handbook Many Voices One Song, now offer this long-awaited guide to implementing sociocracy in not-yet-sociocratic organizations.
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Ted is an advocate, trainer and consultant for self-governance. His main focus is sociocracy. After his PhD in linguistics and work in Academia, he co-founded the membership organization Sociocracy For All in 2016. Ted spends his days consulting with mission-driven organizations, teaching and deeply immersed in the work as a member within Sociocracy For All. Ted has 5 children who are now teens and young adults. A German citizen, he lives between Massachusetts and Tübingen. He is (co)-author of four books on self-governance, Many Voices One Song (2018), Who Decides Who Decides (2021), Collective Power (2023), and From Here To There (2025). He is working on a book on the interface between governance, the deep code of modernity, and wisdom.
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