Sociocracy in a workplace

Gregg Kendrick is yet another person (after Jerry Koch-Gonzales) that uses the amalgam of Needs Based Communication (AC or NVC - call it what you want) and Sociocracy. What a hit for me!
Check it out!

Gregg Kendrick talks about how to change work environments into places where people can thrive. He gives insights of his own business and the structures he changed. He formerly was co-owner & CEO of a software technology training firm for 19 years

whose clients were mostly large corporations & government agencies. In 2004, he founded Basileia LLC with the mission of co-creating organizations where people thrive amidst authenticity, connection, interdependence and solidarity using the processes of Needs Based Communication and Sociocracy...

Lost in Translation

yet another gem from Ian peatey. enjoy!

by Ian Peatey on June 7, 2012 

Yesterday I got a reminder that learning how to live NVC is a long journey. I enjoy such reminders because they keep me on my toes, provide rich learning and help reconnect with myself and others when I’m mentally and emotionally somewhere else.

Yesterday evening I was laying on bed with Mona and Emma (wife and daughter, respectively) reading as part of Emma’s bed time routine. Emma passed the book to Mona to which Mona said to me, ‘I would you like you to speak to Emma more’.

I heard the words accurately in my ears, yet what I heard in my head was, ‘You don’t talk to Emma enough.’ and for a few minutes reacted quite strongly to that.

Time to care

I'd like to celebrate Robin Youngson's book 'TIME TO CARE. How to love your patients and your job'.
I see the thinking behind the book still coming from the 'domination paradigm' we all have been brought up in, at the same time I see it as ground breaking in its strive to describe the reality of many healthcare professionals and offer compassionate alternatives.
I hope that those of you who choose to check the book will find it inspiring.


Here is an excerpt from the first chapter: