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.
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