Periagoge
Scenario

When consensus decision-making becomes hostage to one difficult member

Our community garden collective makes decisions by consensus but there's one person who always has objections and everyone else just gives in to avoid conflict and now we're all quietly resentful but no one wants to be the bad guy who calls it out. The whole process has become about managing one person's reactions instead of making good decisions for the garden.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group committed to egalitarian process is discovering that their conflict avoidance allows one person to wield disproportionate power through persistent objection.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous identity and land?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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