How we take decisions

Basics & Processes to help us navigate through the jungle of decision making

A short intro :)

Decisions enable the way our self-organized circles work and evolve over time. In most cases, decisions are complex and there is no easy, standardized process to go about them. Over the past years, we developed some principles, process elements and tools to support the journey towards more empowered & helpful decisions.

Get started: Make sure to get familiar with our principles, the basic process and some ground vocabulary for how we make decisions:

Basics for decision making

Get granular: Not every decision in the same in oikos. Some you can take on your own, others happen in circles or even with the whole oI team. The more people involved, the more energy you need in the process - like when going up a staircase! We therefore call the different kinds of decisions 'decision making stairs'. Here's your guide to understanding the differences & how to go about them!

4 Decision-Making Stairs

Get advanced: We use Loomio as a tool to facilitate our decisions asynchronously. Learn more about how we use the digital tool here:

Taking decisions with Loomio