Social practices

What social practices support more contact and co-evolution with the context around (and “inside”) us?

Note that this list is

my understanding of the social practice highlighting how it relates to the work on my page, not an exhaustive description and
it contains only those practices that are done as a group. (For example, individual coaching or meditation is great for organizations but works indirectly since it’s primarily an individual practice.)

ACT matrix (Acceptance and commitment therapy)

I learned about the ACT matrix from Prosocial, a body of work dear to my…
Advice process (intentional feedback)

What’s known as “the advice process” (through Laloux’s Reinventing Organizations) is a defined process of…
Agile/scrum

Agile is a product development method or framework that bundles different practices as well as…
Appreciative Inquiry

Appreciative Inquiry is a method for organizational work that focuses on strengths and what gives…
Ariane Paradigm

The Ariane paradigm provides a structured approach for groups to navigate complexity. It integrates a…
Circles

Circles are a structural pattern used in many organizational frameworks – from traditional governance to…
Consent

Consent is a decision-making method and as such, its intention is to make a formal…
Constellation work

Constellation work is a practice originally developed in family systems therapy, but it has since…
Dialogue (Bohm)

Bohmian dialogue is less a technique than a collective posture.A handful or up to 20ish…
Dialogue Mapping

Dialogue mapping, developed by Jeff Conklin, is a facilitation technique that helps groups navigate complex,…
Dragon Dreaming

Dragon Dreaming is a visioning process consisting of four phases: Dreaming, Planning, Doing, and Celebrating. …
Estuarine Mapping

Estuarine Mapping, developed by Dave Snowden (the mind behind Cynefin which helps groups understand the…
Kanban board and Obeya

A Kanban board maps tasks across columns representing different stages of work, usually on cards.…
Nonviolent Communication

The premise of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is that all human beings have needs that need…
Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)

OKRs are the practice of defining ambitious objectives to prioritize for a time bound interval,…
Open Space Technology

Open Space Technology is a facilitation method developed by Harrison Owen in the 1980s, designed…
Restorative Circles

Restorative Circles are a patterned way of healing rifts in our social realm – when…
Rounds

Rounds are a social practice that I got to know through sociocracy. It’s the simple…
Scenario Planning

Scenario Planning is a structured method for imagining multiple plausible futures and preparing for them.…
Sociocracy

Sociocracy is a governance system that supports organizations in making all the decisions needed to…
The Work That Reconnects

The Work That Reconnects by Joanna Macy already mentions in its title what it’s all…
Theory U

Theory U is a framework for deep change, developed by Otto Scharmer. It invites individuals…
Triple Loop Learning

Triple loop learning improves how we do, learn and think.
Warm data labs

Warm data labs were designed by Nora Bateson. In this practice, small groups connect on…
World Café

World Café is a conversational pattern where small groups talk about a topic at different…