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Any ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)39 EOT (Employee Ownership Trust)17 Worker cooperative49 Other cooperative or member-owned3 Steward ownership9 Platform cooperative8

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Any Choosing or comparing ownership9 Transition and succession22 Governance68 Sociocracy33 Participation and employee voice42 Ownership culture31 Legal34 Finance32 Valuation7 Education and training25 Scaling employee ownership30 Evidence and impact26 Organization design and self-management44

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How to Design a New Circle Structure for an Existing Organization

Sociocracy For All

A step-by-step Sociocracy For All guide for transitioning an existing organization into linked, nested circles.

Sociocracy

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Book·Intermediate

Many Voices One Song: Shared Power with Sociocracy

Sociocracy For All

A comprehensive Sociocracy For All handbook covering consent, circles, roles, meeting process, implementation, and examples.

Sociocracy

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Tool·Intermediate

Circle Pattern

Sociocracy 3.0

The S3 pattern page defining a circle as a self-governing and semi-autonomous team that collaborates around a domain.

Sociocracy

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Guide·Intermediate

Double Linking

Sociocracy For All

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

Sociocracy

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Article·Intermediate

Full-Circle Meetings

Sociocracy.info

A Sociocracy.info article on the importance of full-circle meeting structure, delegated decision-making, and circle participation.

Sociocracy

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Article·Intermediate

Sociocracy and Platform Co-op Governance

Medium

A practitioner article exploring how sociocracy can support platform cooperative governance, especially where scale, transparency, and member voice are difficult.

SociocracyPlatform cooperative

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Article·Intermediate

Sociocracy in Large Groups

Sociocracy For All

A Sociocracy For All article explaining why large groups should not try to make every decision together and how circles can support scale.

Sociocracy

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Video·Intermediate

Sociocracy in Worker Co-ops Roundtable

Grassroots Economic Organizing

A worker co-op roundtable from the International Co-operative Governance Symposium discussing sociocracy, hierarchy, flat governance, and cooperative practice.

SociocracyWorker cooperative

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Heirloom Library

Find the right employee ownership resource

Explore trusted sources on employee ownership and democratic governance. Heirloom explains what each source is useful for, so you can follow a guide or look up exactly what you need.

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Filtered resources

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Topic: Sociocracy Jurisdiction / context: International / global Difficulty: Intermediate

Change filters3 selected

Ownership structure

The legal or member-ownership structure discussed.

Any ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)39 EOT (Employee Ownership Trust)17 Worker cooperative49 Other cooperative or member-owned3 Steward ownership9 Platform cooperative8

Topic / practical question

The question or work the resource helps with.

More filtersFormat, difficulty, jurisdiction

Format

What kind of resource you want to use.

Any Article20 Guide40 Tool17 Case study10 Research17 Book8 Video3 Template8 Framework7 Reference6 Resource hub2 Presentation1 Program1

Difficulty

How much context the resource assumes.

Any Intro53 Intermediate55 Advanced32

Jurisdiction / context

Where the source or guidance is situated; especially important for legal and financial material.

Any International / global36 United States83 California, United States1 United Kingdom12 Canada2 Netherlands2 New Zealand1 Spain1

Showing 9 of 140 published resources.

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Guide·Intermediate

How to Design a New Circle Structure for an Existing Organization

Sociocracy For All

A step-by-step Sociocracy For All guide for transitioning an existing organization into linked, nested circles.

Sociocracy

Source

Why it fits

Book·Intermediate

Many Voices One Song: Shared Power with Sociocracy

Sociocracy For All

A comprehensive Sociocracy For All handbook covering consent, circles, roles, meeting process, implementation, and examples.

Sociocracy

Source

Why it fits

Tool·Intermediate

Circle Pattern

Sociocracy 3.0

The S3 pattern page defining a circle as a self-governing and semi-autonomous team that collaborates around a domain.

Sociocracy

Source

Why it fits

Guide·Intermediate

Double Linking

Sociocracy For All

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

Sociocracy

Source

Why it fits

Article·Intermediate

Full-Circle Meetings

Sociocracy.info

A Sociocracy.info article on the importance of full-circle meeting structure, delegated decision-making, and circle participation.

Sociocracy

Source

Why it fits

Article·Intermediate

Sociocracy and Platform Co-op Governance

Medium

A practitioner article exploring how sociocracy can support platform cooperative governance, especially where scale, transparency, and member voice are difficult.

SociocracyPlatform cooperative

Source

Why it fits

Article·Intermediate

Sociocracy in Large Groups

Sociocracy For All

A Sociocracy For All article explaining why large groups should not try to make every decision together and how circles can support scale.

Sociocracy

Source

Why it fits

Video·Intermediate

Sociocracy in Worker Co-ops Roundtable

Grassroots Economic Organizing

A worker co-op roundtable from the International Co-operative Governance Symposium discussing sociocracy, hierarchy, flat governance, and cooperative practice.

SociocracyWorker cooperative

Source

Why it fits