Sociocracy - a Brief Introduction

A short introduction of the main tools and processes of sociocracy - perfect as a refresher or a first overview of consent-based, decentralized decision-making and governance. Light and easy to read, this booklet shows consent decision-making, circles, roles, linking, selections, feedback processes and co-creative processes all in one booklet.

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.