Consensus cultures, paralyzed by the complexity of agreeing on nuanced trade-offs, often default to single, easily-gamed metrics, making them uniquely vulnerable to Goodhart's Law.
Sociocracy tries to solve this by using “consent” rather than consensus. Subtle differences, but an attempt to avoid the time-consuming deadlock of consensus.
Sociocracy tries to solve this by using “consent” rather than consensus. Subtle differences, but an attempt to avoid the time-consuming deadlock of consensus.
Do you have any essays or books on “sociocracy” you could share?