Presenters

Ted Rau

Ted is an advocate, trainer and consultant for self-governance. His main focus is sociocracy. After his PhD in linguistics and work in Academia, he co-founded the membership organization Sociocracy For All which has grown to 250 members. He spends his days consulting, teaching and working sociocratically. Ted has led trainings in North America, South America, Europe and China.
A German citizen he, Ted has lived in Massachusetts since 2010. He is (co)-author of three books on self-governance, Many Voices One Song (2018), Who Decides Who Decides (2021), and Collective Power (2023). His special interest are in comparing governance systems, and developing and sharing simple but applicable patterns with practitioners.