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Wait, What? Why SOS works the way it does. An intermediate Q&A

SOS: making it work for you General SOS guidance

Please click each question to see the answer. Why can’t coordinators simply direct what others do? Because in the Self-Organising System, authority lives in the role, not the person. Coordinators don’t command — they align. Their job is to hold the big pictur...

SOS terms beyond the Constitution

XR UK Ways of Working and Constitution Understanding SOS terms

Where and when do Self-Organising System terms vary? Any person or group can organise autonomously and take action in the name and spirit of XR so long as the action fits within XR’s principles and values. In this way, power is decentralised, meaning that the...

Why does the Self-Organising System use special terms?

XR UK Ways of Working and Constitution Understanding SOS terms

Our Principles and Values inspire us to find new ways of organising that foreground transparency and accountability, mitigate power and are based on autonomy and decentralisation. We also want to keep everything as simple and inclusive as possible. But if we u...

How to manage your work and stay accountable

SOS: making it work for you General SOS guidance

No one in XR UK is managed day to day. You have a mandate, which means real authority — and real accountability. Your team’s Internal Coordinator (IC) needs enough visibility of your work to coordinate across the team, offer support when you're stuck, and flag...

How to work with other teams

SOS: making it work for you General SOS guidance

When two (or more) teams need each other No team in XR UK works in complete isolation. Your mandates are interconnected, and your work often touches — or depends on — the work of another circle. When you notice that kind of dependency, it's worth exploring. It...

Integrative Decision Making (IDM) process

XR UK Ways of Working and Constitution Constitution resources

[Note: This page forms part of Section C.7 of the XR UK Constitution.] This guidance includes mandatory and advisory parts. Mandatory steps appear in bold, advice in plain text. Mandatory process The steps in the process are: A person presents a proposal for a...

Link Roles

XR UK Ways of Working and Constitution Constitution resources

Standard and Decision-Making Link Roles [Note: this guidance is referred to by Section C.7 of the XR UK Constitution.] 1. What Is a Link Role? A Link Role is a role created by one circle to represent its mandate within another circle, and to pass information b...