Artful Participation and the link with the Prime Directive

I recently attended a 3 day class on Sociocracy 3.0 (S3) by James Priest and Liliana David. This pattern language, based on Sociocratic and Agile principles, radically challenges a number of behaviours we see in companies and collaborative structures. 

One of the recurring questions throughout the training was: “How do you make sure everyone is heard in the decision making patterns described in S3?”. The answer seems very simple: Artful Participation (and an observant facilitator).