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Information flow

The information flow area governs how information moves through the network. It includes protocols for:

Transparent communication – how information moves between nodes of the network. The primary structural mechanism for inter-circle information flow is linking or weaving: the weaver carries not only decisions and agenda items but felt experience between the two spaces they inhabit. Weaving thus double-functions as a mechanism for both governance alignment and information flow. Where circles are not directly linked, Open decision records ensure that governance information is accessible to anyone in the network.

Shared learning – how insights reach those who need them.

Each protocol requires ritual, critique and contemplation attending to: what information is being suppressed, who controls narrative, and whose stories get amplified.

This area is sketched at the principles level; its specific protocols remain to be developed.

Sources

  • Linking as dual governance/information-flow mechanism from Rau (2023), Collective Power: Patterns for a Self-Organized Future