Would Sociocracy fit in a corporation that was a meritocracy?
A Sociocratic organization would be the highest form of a meritocracy. In Sociocratic organizations compensation starts with a guaranteed living wage. This wage is determined by the market for the skills possessed by the worker. In addition, each worker receives both a short term and a long term incentive wage based on the productivity of the individual worker and the worker’s circle. These wages may be determined in terms of percentages, etc. and are based on productivity which is also the case with a meritocracy. In addition to having a compensation structure based on productivity (profit), sociocracy is a structure that is best designed to support a meritocracy. The embedded organic process of leading-doing-measuring at all levels provides the most accurate data on which to measure productivity. By activating the circle (team), rather than depending on a manager who may have personal biases, there is more awareness of productivity in all the workers. By taking responsibility for the
