The Dance of Leadership & Business

John Buck

Certified Sociocracy Consultant

After introducing hundreds of businesses to the power of sociocracy over the past decade and bringing new levels of efficiencies, connectedness, and satisfaction, John Buck and his partners at Governance Alive, LLC are now seeking to multiply the numbers of facilitators and consultants who can bring this exciting work to general society. To that end, they now have a dual focus on consulting and growing a formal training institute that includes sociocracy certification. Address inquiries to contact@governancealive.com or attend an upcoming free information session. John Buck is an expert in the synthesis of Beyond Budgeting, Open Space, Sociocracy & Agile (BOSSA Nova) and President of GovernanceAlive LLC. His clients span the globe and include plastics manufacturers, colleges and universities, long-term care facilities, co-housing groups, NGOs and software companies. By guiding clients in “rewiring” their basic power structure he helps them toward greater efficiency and increased employee engagement. His background as a former large IT project manager makes him particular adept at helping tech teams integrate this social technology to improve systems. The co-author of two books, John Buck wrote We the People: Consenting to a Deeper Democracy, along with co-authored with Sharon Villines, and in February 2018 published Company-wide Agility with Beyond Budgeting, Open Space & Sociocracy: Survive & Thrive on Disruption with co-author Jutta Eckstein. John has led many training workshops and sociocracy implementation projects for a variety of companies and organizations. John’s extensive global work has included a project with Fujitsu’s Advanced Software Lab to develop Weaver, software that helps meetings go better – in-person, online, and asynchronously. Additionally between 2016 and 2020 John visited South Korea, India, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Austria, Chile, Sweden, and the United Kingdom to encourage the development of BOSSA nova through training and presentations at conferences. He has also presented as a TEDx speaker. He also works for Governance From Below, Inc., a charitable nonprofit that promotes neighbourocray, especially the Provisional World Children's Parliament, www.wcp.earth.