Stress in the workplace is most often due to difference between reality and expectations. Leaders can reduce stress by being authentic and valuing individuality. Creating a low-pressure environment helps to produce a “flow” state, which increases individual and team performance.
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Distributed Leadership anchored in the Power to Object
The blog post discusses the Japanese lean manufacturing practice known as ‘Andon’, where each employee is empowered to stop the production line if they encounter a quality or safety issue. The post likens this practice to ‘Sociocracy’, an organizational structure that enables all members to have equivalence in decision-making, promoting collective wisdom to refine decisions and overcome objections. The author argues that replacing opposition-based democracy with consent-based sociocracy can enable more efficient and inclusive decision-making in organizations.
Lean, Agile, Teal …. how does sociocracy fit in?
The sociocratic approach emphasizes human-centeredness and forming communities where everyone’s voice is respected. While technically about governance, decision-making, and distributed leadership, sociocracy mirrors the focus on human development central to other methodologies like Lean and Agile. However, the digital future presents a mechanistic approach – contrasting with the organic, emergent thinking of sociocracy. Despite this, sociocracy contributes to a vision of workplaces as collaborative environments of self-development, learning, and joy. Therefore, diversity of methods should coexist, providing balanced ingredients toward creating human-first workplaces.
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