DisCO Elements

Care-oriented self-governance modules for future-oriented organizations

DisCO Elements are distinct modular practices which you can add to your own DisCO (Culture). DisCO Elements are a great way to create a healthy Cultural/Structural balance.

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DisCO Elements

The DisCO Elements are practices that were originally honed in Guerrilla Media Collective, the OG DisCO. They are modular practices uniquely suited for change-making organizations. Read about them and adapt and fork them to your liking for your own DisCO

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Carework

Work that supports the health of organizations

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Commitment Statements

Community supported goals and expectations

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Dating

How to ease new members into DisCO

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Community Rhythms

Keeping the beat for smooth functioning and communication

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Mentoring

Peer to peer learning by listening

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Conflict Resolution

Turn conflict and disagreement into clearer understandings

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Mutual Support

Looking after people and being attuned to their needs

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Norms and Boundaries

Group-determined consented agreements

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Availability Mapping

Clarifying roles, availability and red lines

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Working Circles

Dividing tasks and focusing efforts on thematic areas

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DisCOJams

Spaces where different DisCOs get together

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DisCOThons

DisCO-themed public hackathons

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Additional Elements

The original DisCO Elements listed above are well complemented by other, non DisCO originated radical workplace democracy and care-oriented practices

Nonviolent Communication

Helping diffuse conflicts through root causes

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Mutual Aid

The many alternatives to the dominant system

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Buen Vivir

Ancestral, communitarian knowledge

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Artivism

Harnessing critical imagination for solidarity

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Platform Coops

Reclaiming ownership of the plaforms mediating our lives

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Degrowth

Living well within planetary and social boundaries

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Design Justice

Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need

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Feminist Tech

Knowledge production and how bodies manifest in societies.

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