Session 8 of 7
Organisation & Circles
How to keep a group alive past the first excitement. Distributed leadership, non-partisan discipline, and one real action every quarter. Includes the circles you belong to, taking responsibility for each other, and the truth that hurt people hurt people.
Readings for this session
Pulled live from the Articles library — this list grows as new articles are published.
- If It's Unjust, Why Does It Keep Going?5 min
- Proof That This Has Already Worked5 min
- Why No Single Person Was Ever the Whole Plan4 min
- How Eight People Can Start Something Real4 min
- What to Expect Once You Start Speaking Up5 min
- The Work That Was Never Meant to Finish in One Generation5 min
- Standing Like You Already Know Who You Are5 min
- Build on Roots, Not on Imports4 min
- What This Is Actually For4 min
- Be Someone Others Can Actually Count On4 min
- The Circles You Actually Belong To4 min
- Your Highest Excitement, and Everyone Else's Too4 min
- Real Responsibility for Each Other4 min
- Hurt People Hurt People — So Look for What Heals, Not What Punishes5 min
Opening
Each person names one thing that has kept them coming back to this group.
Discussion
- What would it take for this group to keep meeting even if the founder left?
- How do we stay non-partisan when politics enters the room?
- What is our first quarterly action, and who is doing what?
Closing commitment
Name your first quarterly action, the person carrying each part, and the date you will meet again.