Collaborative Decision-Making with Sociocracy 3.0 September 10 – 2025

Practical Skills for Making Effective, Adaptable Decisions. Essential for Leaders, Coaches, Consultants, and Teams

Navigating Complexity in a Rapidly Changing World

In today’s fast-paced world, organizations face numerous challenges in navigating complexity, managing dependencies, and adapting to change. Tackling these demands requires a proven decision-making framework that:

• Leverages collective intelligence
• Reconciles diverse and sometimes conflicting requirements
• Supports effective, adaptable decisions tailored to changing organizational needs

The Perils of Decision-Making in Modern-Day Organizations

Are you facing any of these common challenges?

• Differing opinions and conflicting requirements lead to decision paralysis.
• Disagreements escalate, leading to conflict or disengagement.
• Meetings frequently run over time without achieving meaningful outcomes.
• Decisions are often revisited or overturned due to a lack of buy-in.
• Certain voices dominate meetings, while others remain silent.
• Attempts to use consent decision-making have fallen short of expectations.

Whether you’re a team leader, collaboration facilitator, or driving organizational change, this course equips you with the knowledge and practical tools to overcome these challenges and revolutionize your organization’s decision-making process.

Unlock the Power of Collaborative Decision-Making

This comprehensive introductory course combines self-paced e-learning with three interactive 3-hour online workshops.

• Discover proven practices for collaboration: Learn a coherent system to support effective decision-making and foster alignment between stakeholders and within teams.
• Facilitate impactful meetings with confidence: Gain techniques to lead decision-making meetings with balanced participation and minimal wasted time.
• Balance speed and inclusivity: Learn how to make timely, well-thought-out decisions with others, even in complex or high-stakes scenarios.
• Harness collective intelligence: Resolve disagreements constructively and tap into the diversity of perspectives and ideas within your organization.
• Develop adaptable agreements: Learn how to evaluate and evolve agreements to integrate learning and ensure they remain relevant and effective over time.

Topics covered include:

• Resolving Disagreements
• Running Effective Meetings
• Consent Decision-Making
• Clarifying the ‘Why’ for Decisions
• Forming Proposals
• Knowing When to Co-create

The Learning Experience

Online workshops

Three x 3-hour workshops A maximum of 12 participants Through various activities, gain hands-on experience applying S3 patterns for forming proposals and making decisions collaboratively in a small team. You’ll benefit from lots of guided practice, along with time for reflection on learning and opportunities to address questions you may have.

Self-paced E-Course

To prepare for the workshops and maximize your learning, you’ll gain access to a series of self-paced video and text lessons.

• Divided into essential and optional parts, allowing you to customize your learning experience based on your needs
• Essential lessons build a solid foundation for active workshop participation
• Optional lessons offer opportunities for deeper exploration

You’ll enjoy 12 months of access to the e-course materials so you can revisit and reinforce your learning at your own pace.

What to Expect

This program delivers practical tools and insights to enhance your decision-making effectiveness. However, mastering these patterns is a journey that requires ongoing practice and learning. Expect to:

• Rethink old habits and challenge past assumptions
• Gain confidence in navigating disagreements and facilitating team alignment
• Integrate S3 principles into your daily work to foster a culture of collaboration

Practicing with colleagues or peers after the course will help you deepen your understanding and fluency in applying these tools. Further your learning To take your skills even further, we recommend enrolling in our Decision-Making Katas. Gain more hands-on experience: This follow-up series offers an additional 9 hours of guided practice in a small-group environment. It’s designed to help you confidently apply S3’s patterns to real-world scenarios. QUOTE: At the interface between the habitual and the new, the potential for greater consciousness resides.