Inspiration from Richard Wolff, in an interview with Marianne Willamson

Marianne Williamson interviews Prof. Richard Wolff, and it was brilliant.

I am liking the thinking of Prof. Richard Wolff a lot, and the cooperative concept has potential, however, what does not work for me is the democratic one person one vote, which includes a veto right.

The crucial improvement of Consent Management (Sociocracy), is that it focuses on making decisions only based on the absence of reasoned objections, thereby preventing stalemates and creating a true learning organization.

Once you understand that, the only challenge is to structure your company correctly to ensure that the right people are always included in decision processes at every level.

Like Wolff, I hate the labels, for they prevent intelligent conversation. This is one reason I did not like Endenburg's term sociocracy. The principle is very clear however, and it is clearly the better answer to what Wolff proposes, for the cooperative concept has always been stymied by decision stalemates, just as much as the consensus style decision making is. It was Endenburg's brilliant contribution to define consent as "the absence of reasoned objections."

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