Sociocracy is a way of governing by consent and sharing leadership.

• Groups are organized into circles that link between each other when they are related, which improves cross-functional knowledge (less “silos”). 
• Suggestion is that circles agree on ground rules/covenant of how it will act, circles it often overlaps with, and roles
• Decisions are made by consent and each member of the group has a right to and is expected to voice any objection, after which the proposal should be improved – this happens in rounds
• Those sociocracy circles have a defined aim (= a description of what the circle is doing) and full authority in a domain (= what the circle has authority over).
• Circles will define roles, both to run itself smoothly and to “package” operations into meaningful bits. Any member will fill one or more roles.
• Linking roles connect circles to other related circles. In double-linking, two people from one circle – the delegate and the leader – are also full members of the parent circle so information can flow between the teams and their decisions align.