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Sociocracy is a governance system designed to guide collective and individual decision-making through shared power, non-coercive processes, and alignment with an organization’s purpose. Originating with Dutch engineer Gerard Endenburg and influenced by Quaker decision-making, pacifism, natural systems, and cybernetics, sociocracy’s core principle is that those doing the work should make the related decisions. Its structure relies on autonomous, interconnected “circles” that hold decision-making authority over specific domains, ensuring that the division of labor aligns with the division of governance. Practices such as double linking between circles and consent-based decision-making create a distributed, non-hierarchical system in which all voices are heard and power is balanced.

"Sociocracy" comes from the Latin word socius, meaning "companion" or "friend," and the Greek root cracy (from kratos), meaning "power" or "rule". Therefore, sociocracy literally means "rule by companions" or "peer governance," referring to a system of governance by people who regularly interact and have a common goa

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