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Double Linking

A Sociocracy For All article explaining how leader and delegate links connect nested circles and support information flow.

Source: Sociocracy For AllAdded June 12, 2026Published 2019
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Why it matters

Information flow is one of the hardest parts of scaling democratic governance; double-linking gives teams a concrete pattern.

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Organizations with multiple teams or circles that need better two-way coordination.

This resource is valuable because it explains a mechanism for balancing top-down and bottom-up information flow. For democratic organizations, that balance is essential to avoid both centralization and fragmentation.

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