Consensus or sociocracy?

"It has always struck me a odd that the decision making system most often employed by radicals and revolutionaries (in my experience) is a conservative one.  While group culture can certainly effect it, consensus tends to gravitate towards the status quo, especially for complex or tricky decisions.  Unable to convince everyone to try something different, the group will often keep doing what it has been doing.  In consensus culture it is sometimes called “the tyranny of the status quo”.

"... Like consensus, Sociocracy uses a collection of decision making tools to help it guide the group towards resolution.  There is however only a small amount of overlap between these tool sets.  Sociocratic elections ask “who is best to do this job?” first, rather than “who is willing to do this job?” 
Hence the group focusses on experience and expertise, rather than those who are willing to put their hand up.
Click here for the reference article...  "Consensus’s big brother: Sociocracy"