Make decisions together, without the endless meetings

Loomio is very important for us, not just from the perspective of the input we want to gather, but from the archival perspective. People can point to the exact discussion when a decision was made, and why. Participation creates more participation.

What we value about Loomio is that we have a record. We can move the non-contentious stuff forward within Loomio which gives us more space when we are in person to talk about what really matters.

The tool doesn't just facilitate decisions, it invites transformation of how the team collaborates as a whole.

Loomio has been such a useful tool for us – it's super easy to use and really helps our trustees discuss and make decisions quickly and transparently, without the need for tonnes of meetings or endless email threads.

We try not to vote in chat mechanisms because there's no trail. We want to be able to go back and understand decision-making over time. We have pretty good patterns for using Loomio on short turnarounds.

The record is really the key thing. Separating these consequential decisions from the noise. From email, from chat. Having a place where you can easily reference what was decided and why.

There is no way that we could have built Enspiral without Loomio. As we used Loomio over the years it not only enabled us to develop inclusive decision making processes, it helped many of us level up our professional communication, negotiation and overall decision making skills.

I can confirm that all of our 'official' decisions as a collective nowadays are Loomio decisions. You have a platform to express your opinion asynchronously. It enables everybody from every time zone to contribute.

Self-management promises better, faster decision making - we proved this benefit by achieving company wide consent to the biggest, most strategic decision the company has ever made - within a week, on Loomio. It was done with all the information, all of the numbers, all the details of the strategy, all of the pros and cons and more than half of the company participated actively.

Before we vote, people are normally vocal, but then after we have voted, everyone is like, okay, now we have made a decision, and that's decided. This really is a legally binding vote. It goes into the trade registry.

Loomio is a great tool that has saved us a lot of time. If any organization needs to integrate distributed decision making, then Loomio is going to be a great place to start. It is a tool that is here to stay in Igalia

With Loomio, long-distance is no longer an issue. You've got the platform to have a discussion, have a vote, and then come to an agreement on something. We get a feel of what everybody's position is before you even get to the meeting, and you can spend your time hammering out more sensitive issues.

These systems and what Loomio enables us to do are cheaper and more adaptable to the market and to employee conditions in addition to being so, so satisfying on a human level. People would find it very hard to go back to a conventional business.

I find Loomio to be a rich environment to exchange ideas. We have monthly virtual meetings for open discussion, make changes on the document, then upload the next draft to Loomio. Our Pay Policy was approved by proposal and poll in time before the next payroll date.

Our board group has been particularly transformative, enabling continuous governance, improving response times and increasing our agility, resilience and sustainability… Loomio saves us thousands of pounds every year.