Generative Decision Making - An Immersive Simulation on How to take Decisions Collectively

What to Expect in the Session

Decisions are an essential part of the value creation process.

In organizations, networks and communities, there must be explicit agreements on decision-making that clarify who makes decisions, how, when and with what degree of involvement from the rest of the team or other parts of the organization. 

But how to allow more people to participate in decisions that affect them while remaining agile? 

In this session we´re going to look at decision making mechanisms beyond voting and autocracy and experience first hand how a collective decision making process takes place.

What You’ll Walk Away With

✔ First-hand experience of a collective, generative decision-making process
✔ Practical insights into decision-making frameworks beyond voting or hierarchy
✔ A deeper understanding of participation, power-sharing, and agility in decision culture
✔ Tools and perspectives to take back to your own teams or networks

This Session Is for You If...

🧭 You’re part of a team or network struggling to make decisions inclusively and efficiently
🛠️ You design or facilitate participatory processes and want more hands-on practice
🌱 You’re exploring governance models like sociocracy, consent-based decision-making, or self-management
💬 You care about equity and want to involve more voices in shaping collective direction

Meet your Hosts

David Weingartner is a collaboration catalyst. His passion is to design and hold spaces for potential to unfold: whether as a consultant to co-create structures that unleash potentials, as a facilitator to harness the intelligence of a collective or as a coach to inquire together on the next steps of individuals´ journeys. He draws inspiration from his experience working in and with self managing organisations as well as approaches such as systems practice, appreciative inquiry or sociocracy. David teaches on management tools for networked organisations and digital transformation at Munich University.

Nenad Maljković is a Collapse-aware network weaver, group process facilitator and teamwork coach with a motto "Towards regenerative cultures through dialogic collaboration".

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Lets Make The Festival Sustainable 🌿

The Networks Festival is a self-funded initiative by Fito Network and Greaterthan. We want the festival to be accessible to all, while also meeting the material needs of our organizing team and session hosts. This is why we have chosen a gift economy approach, whereby we invite you to donate to the sessions you attend within capacity.

How much shall I contribute? We ask you to "give the most you can without overstretching or resentment”. The right amount will be very different for everyone. There are three donation tiers to guide your decision:

• Sustainability: 30 € | If everyone contributes this amount, we meet the sustainability needs of our team.
• Supporter: 45 € and above | Support others to attend.
• Accessibility: 0 to 30 € | Contribute what you can.

Learn more about "Contribution within Capacity" and the organizing team's needs.

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Join the Whole Festival Experience

This event is part of the Networks Festival*, a six-week global gathering to connect, imagine, and rewire how change happens.
Explore the whole program at networksfestival.org | May 12 - June 22, 2025.

*Brought to you by Fito Network and Greaterthan Collective :)