What if the biggest mistake in corporate governance is thinking we must choose between capitalism and democracy? That false choice is holding back innovation in ownership itself. New models—from cooperative “Regulation Membership” to employee ownership without control capture—challenge the idea that scale requires concentrated power. They show how ownership can expand without sacrificing markets, liquidity, […]
The following is a coalition letter on Twitter, Co-ops and Democracy — specifically on our proxy proposal #4 Exit to Democratic Ownership. Take Action: vote before midnight Sunday (San Francisco time) by phone or electronic proxy OR vote on Monday at the Twitter annual meeting in San Francisco. This is part of the #WeAreTwitter movement, well documented […]
Laura Flanders interviews Christopher Mackin, the founder of Ownership Associates, an advisory firm for broad-based employee ownership based in Cambridge, MA. Mackin is also an Adjunct Lecturer at the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations and a member of the core faculty of the Harvard Trade Union Program based at Harvard Law School. See a previous guest post by Mackin on […]