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
How to use this template
Use this board to turn tensions into proposals, proposals into consented decisions, and decisions into accountable follow-through.
Step 1
Capture the tension behind the work
Start with Information and Drivers / Tensions to record the reason a topic exists before discussion turns into solutioning. This helps the team stay anchored in the real driver instead of debating abstract ideas.
Step 2
Run proposals through consent review
Move ideas into Proposals and Consent Review, using fields like Related driver(s), Circle, Definition of done, and Expected outcome to make each proposal concrete enough for consent-based decision making.
Step 3
Track agreement into implementation
Once something is agreed, move it through Agreed, In Progress, and Ready for Review as a Project, Policy, or Experiment. Use Retrospective Archive to preserve learnings and Parked / Rejected to keep transparency around decisions that did not move forward.
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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