Delegation boards are a sociocratic tool for making authority levels visible. For each type of decision, the board shows where authority currently sits on a spectrum from "the manager decides" to "the team decides with full autonomy." This removes guesswork about who can decide what.
Many teams talk about empowerment but never clarify what it means in practice. Delegation boards force that conversation. They make implicit authority explicit, which reduces conflict and speeds up decision-making because people stop second-guessing their boundaries.
Nestr supports delegation through clearly defined domains and policies on roles and circles. Governance proposals let teams adjust authority levels as trust and capability grow. The audit trail records these shifts, creating a visible history of how decision-making authority has evolved.