Consent Instead of Consensus - How Teams Reach Viable Decisions Faster
summary
The talk explains using sociocracy (consent-based decision making) to help agile teams reach viable decisions faster, contrasting it with consensus and majority voting that often let the loudest voices override concerns or stall progress. It describes the sociocratic principle of centering participants’ objections to produce shared, problem-focused solutions and promises to present whether and how that approach works, plus the presenters’ practical experiences with it.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:43Introduction
- 3:22A Good Decision!
- 5:43How Does the Team Decide?
- 15:39Sociocracy
- 18:24Preparation
- 20:03Image Formation
- 21:57Opinion Formation - Round 2
- 28:14What Happens to the Problems?
- 35:34Recommendations - Before the Meeting
- 36:30Recommendations - During the Meeting
- 37:29Recommendations - After the Meeting
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