Self-managing organisations
Share power without
losing the thread
Loomio helps self-managing, Teal, sociocratic, and Holacratic organisations make decisions together — with more space for every perspective, a process your team can shape, and a shared record that keeps work moving.
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Self-management needs more than good intentions
When authority is distributed, decisions need to be visible, inclusive, and easy to follow — otherwise power quietly flows back to the loudest voice or the last meeting.
Meetings become the bottleneck
Getting every affected person in the same room slows decisions down. Important conversations are deferred, repeated, or decided by whoever happened to be there.
Thoughtful voices get missed
Not everyone thinks out loud or works the same hours. Without time to reflect and respond, your process can exclude the very perspectives it was designed to include.
Decisions disappear into chat
A decision made in a call, chat thread, or a dozen direct messages is hard to revisit. New teammates cannot see the reasoning, and the same questions come back again.
“The architecture of decisions in Loomio very much aligns to our beliefs about decision making.”Luz Iglesias, Raise (formerly Ian Martin Group)
From traditional recruiter to self-managing organisation
A 60-year-old recruiting company threw out the org chart, gave every employee the same authority as the CEO, and scaled it to 450 people across three countries.
- Self-management scaled to 450 staff
- Decisions proposed, debated, documented centrally
- Equal voice regardless of seniority
- Transparent record of team decisions
“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.”Nahuel, 10Pines
Consent-based decisions at an Argentine consultancy
What happens when 80 developers collectively set everyone's salary — and a single objection can block any decision?
- Transparent team salary-setting
- Searchable decision history and reasoning
- Routine decisions resolved asynchronously
- Equal say through consent process
“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.”Xavier Castaño, Igalia
How a 120-person co-op sets strategy by assembly
120 open-source developers, fully remote, competing for talent against Silicon Valley — and nothing happens without going through a general assembly.
- General Assembly for 120+ members
- Focused threads save meeting time
- Transparent remote cooperative decisions
- Strategic decision archive with context
“We needed to add clarity and transparency to the decision-making process. Now that we have implemented Loomio, we can see and trust that the decision the team made is the best we could have done at the time.”Marin Petrov, Camplight
How a self-managed team makes decisions
As the team grew past 20, the old way of deciding things stopped working.
- Consent-based distributed decisions
- Full transparency through documentation
- Templates for recurring processes
- Async strategic and financial alignment
A home for distributed governance
Loomio complements the way your organisation already works. Use it across circles, roles, and teams without making every decision an all-hands decision.
Every team has room to work
Create a focused space for each circle, project, or working group. The people closest to the work can move it forward, while everyone else can stay connected to the outcomes that affect them.
- Separate spaces for circles and projects
- Invite the right people into each decision
- Keep sensitive work appropriately private
- Share outcomes across the organisation
Make your practice visible
Whether you work with advice, consent, consensus, sociocracy, Holacracy, or a practice of your own, Loomio gives your team a clear place to frame a proposal, hear concerns, refine an idea, and record the outcome.
- Structured proposals with a clear timeframe
- Discussion that stays connected to the decision
- Time to raise concerns and improve the work
- A dated, searchable decision record
Make participation practical
Give people a meaningful way to contribute between meetings — without asking them to spend their whole day in calls.
Reflect before responding
Start a discussion where people can read the context, add their perspective, and come back when they have something useful to contribute.
Deliberate asynchronously
Set a clear proposal and timeframe. People can participate across time zones and schedules, then bring a more informed conversation to the next meeting.
Keep the why, not just the what
Every decision retains its context, discussion, and outcome — so your organisation can learn from its own work.
Bring concerns into the open
Make it easier to surface questions early, work through differences constructively, and strengthen proposals before they are final.
Onboard people with context
New colleagues can see how decisions were made, understand current work, and join the conversation without starting from zero.
Turn decisions into momentum
When a decision closes, the result is clear. Your team can move from discussion to action without losing track of what was agreed.
A simple rhythm for better decisions
Use Loomio alongside your meetings to give your governance practice a dependable home — from the first question to a clear next step.
Frame the decision
Share the context, the question, and who needs to be involved. A good decision starts with a shared understanding of what is being asked.
Make space for input
Let people respond in their own time. Gather questions, reactions, and concerns where everyone can see and learn from them.
Close with clarity
Record the outcome and what happens next. The work stays visible to the people who need it — now and when the team changes.
Build the decision practice your organisation believes in
Start with one circle, one project, or one important decision. Build the habit together, then expand when your team is ready.
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