Agile Pantry
Practice

Consent Decision-Making

From Sociocracy 3.0

Decide by asking “is there any reason this isn’t good enough for now and safe enough to try?” instead of waiting for everyone to agree. Objections improve the proposal rather than block it.

Meeting time noneLearning curve Easy

Helps with

meeting overloadslow decisionsmisalignment

How to start

In your next meeting, bring a written proposal, check for objections round the room, adjust it to address them, and set a date to review it.

It’s working when

Meetings end with decisions, and decisions get revisited on schedule instead of argued again.

Pairs well with