Sociocracy 3.0
An S3 governance workflow to turn tensions into consented decisions — proposals, policies, experiments, and follow-through in one board.
About this template
This board supports Sociocracy 3.0 decision making: work moves forward when there are no reasoned objections — inclusive, but not stuck.
Capture drivers/tensions, draft proposals, run them through consent review, and then track implementation as projects, policies, or time-boxed experiments.
Custom fields keep governance clean: link proposals to related drivers, assign a circle, define "done", and state expected outcomes so decisions stay measurable.
What's inside
Columns included
Task types
Custom fields
Key features
- Driver/Tension → Proposal → Consent flow
- Clear separation of proposals, policies, and experiments
- Circle ownership + Definition of Done baked in
- Retrospective archive to preserve learnings
- Parked/Rejected lanes for transparency
Who is this template for?
- Self-organizing teams
- S3 / Holacracy practitioners
- Cooperatives and communities
- Teams improving governance without bureaucracy
- Decision-heavy orgs
Frequently asked questions
What is Sociocracy 3.0?
What is a driver?
Proposal vs Policy — what's the difference?
What are experiments?
How do we prevent endless discussion?
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