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When your organization struggles with collective decision-making

We've been saying we want to run our nonprofit collectively but every time we actually try to make a decision without hierarchy, three people dominate the conversation and the rest of us just go along with whatever they want. I'm starting to think we're lying to ourselves about what shared power actually looks like.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gap between stated values around shared power and actual group dynamics is creating a crisis of authenticity and effectiveness.

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