Case clinic - Implement Sociocratic patterns

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 * Dutch: Case clinic - Implementeren Sociocratische patronen

Case info (10 - 15 minuten)

 * In the first part of the case clinic the case giver explains the situation, the intention, the learning edge and what help is needed.
 * The coaches listen and ask questions if some of the points are forgotten.
 * This is not the time to get lost in details.
 * The coaches do not give advice at this stage. Do not try to fix the situation.
 * When we are in a situation where somebody is sharing their problem, this urge comes up from deep down. It says, I have been there, I know this problem. Here's what you need to do. You need to do one, two, three. So this is a habitual way of responding to a situation that I haven't really maybe fully understood yet. And that's not what we want to do here. As coaches, we suspend the urge of fixing the problem, giving advice.

Situation

 * I always want to improve things. Improve the situation, improve the team.
 * I don't like teams in which people are not happy or frustrated.
 * In my opinion sociocracy (see https://sociocracy30.org) provides some very useful patterns that make people happy.
 * For example the pattern to formulate driver statements. I encourage teams to appreciate driver statements.
 * Sometimes I see teams that get irritated. They think focus is important or they start asking critical questions when somebody shares an idea.
 * On the R2 wiki I created my own sociocratic reality.
 * But now I would like to learn how to introduce sociocratic patterns in the teams/ movements I'm participating. Like: Volt movement, Let's do something! and/or my employer.
 * I'm also starting up some COINs. See e-health movement, technology movement. In these movements it will probably be more easier to implement a sociocratic approach.
 * I'm also starting up some COINs. See e-health movement, technology movement. In these movements it will probably be more easier to implement a sociocratic approach.

Intention

 * The intention is to implement some of sociocratic patterns.
 * The intention is also to implement some sociocratic principles. For example the principle of equivalence: involve people in making and evolving decisions that affect them.
 * I probably like this principle because in my childhood my parents argued a lot. Eventually they divorced. They made a lot of decisions in which me and my sister were not involved in.

Learning edge
The learning edge is an invitation to turn around the camera back onto ourselfs, not only talk about all the other idiots around us who are causing all the problems. But really now looking at yourself and asking yourself, why is it that in my own biography, in my own journey I am now facing this kind of situation? What is this situation inviting me to let go of, and what is it that it's inviting me to learn?


 * What do I need to learn? What got us here, will not get us there.
 * What do I need to let go?


 * I don't want to be the guy that shouts: BE MORE TRANSPARANT!
 * I also don't want to push my ambtions.
 * I would like to learn how to start a dialogue. But I sometimes have the feeling that people ignore my attempts to start a dialogue.
 * I hope that people from the community team will listen.
 * Some successes
 * In November 2020 I see that the country council is able to ask question to the board. I made the suggestion to also implement this good practice on the country level. No reaction :-)
 * In October 2020 I had a talk with one of the leads of the community team. Nice to speak to somebody that has a similar vision.
 * In October 2020 I had a dialogue with one of the board members about dialogues. This board member wants to facilitate dialogues about policies, not about the way we interact with each other.
 * Next (possible) actions
 * Sharing the link to the Sociocracy website: https://sociocracy30.org
 * Participate in the activities of the community team.
 * Aks the community team about their ambtions?
 * Offer help. In November 2020 I offerd my help to setup a Trello board. Plan is to suggest this again next year.
 * Stakeholders: Other volunteers
 * More dialogue/ more asking questions: I would like to learn how I can ask questions without people feeling uncomfortable. I have the tendence to talk about my ambitions, instead of facilitating a co-creation proces that leads to ambitions. Sometimes it is smarter to ask questions. Sometimes it is smarter do nothing and just observe. On the other hand, if you wait, live will be over before you know it. So on 14.11.20 I decided to ask a question to one of the leads of EUR community if there is a planning? and if we can co-create an agenda for EUR community on which the Volt movement can share driver statements.

In need help with

 * In the case clinic you only have an hour. That is not a long time. So it is a good practice to focus your coaching team on the questions where input will be most helpful to you.
 * In the case I described some actions. In which situations could I have been more effective?

Process the following
 * Learn how to slow down. How to re-frase questions? Make them less confronting. Sharing your concerns instead of talking about my ambitions. Ask about the ambitions of others. Ask about their planning?
 * Slow down, don't go to fast. First start a dialogue about community organising. See Dialogues about community organising.

Stillness (2 - 3 minutes)

 * Creating a moment of stillness.
 * During that moment of stillness, we connect to our heart and we connect to the resonance that the entire story that we heard is creating within us.
 * You can make a drawing or make some notes.

Imgages

 * Open mind
 * What are the images that are evoked in your mind by the story you just heard?
 * Examples
 * You are a waiter. There are only two of you serving a total of 120 customers. So you're awfully busy running around and keeping everyone happy in that situation.
 * You are like a head without a body. A head that's disconnected from a body and cannot form actually the capacity of doing something about it. It's all just ideas.
 * Somebody compared a career change with standing in front of a dragon and move inside the mouth of the dragon.

Feelings

 * Open hearth
 * What are the feelings that you are picking up that your noticing?
 * Feelings
 * And then feelings-- there's feelings like joy, happiness, sadness, anger-- so it's an important capacity that we need to develop in doing developmental work. What's the emotional energy that's evoked by the case giver. It gives us an important information about the situation and issue.

Getures

 * Open will
 * What are gestures that sort of embody the essence of what we just heard?