Distributing Work, Supercharging Teams: Patterns for Coherent Collaboration
by James Priest

​Reducing unnecessary dependencies in organizations empowers individuals and teams to work more autonomously.

This approach minimizes waste, enhances productivity, and fosters a stronger sense of ownership and accountability.

However, unavoidable dependencies and the need to maintain coherence across teams and the organization require effective coordination, oversight, and collaboration.

​In this talk, James introduces Sociocracy 3.0, a dynamic menu of patterns—practices, processes, and guidelines—that organizations can draw from to enhance collaboration. These patterns support work distribution, alignment of efforts, and effective resource optimization.

By leveraging distributed cognition and tailoring systems to fit their needs, teams can ensure their time and efforts focus on what truly matters.