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Democratic Dialog & Deliberation

May 9, 2022

Sociocratic Governance in Unicorn Grocery Co-op

Unicorn Grocery is a thriving worker-owned, values-driven grocery co-op using sociocracy for its governance in Chorlton, Manchester, UK. They consist of 71 members who all work within the cooperative and are also the directors of the business.

December 2, 2021

Intro to Cooperative Governance and Management

An introduction to cooperative governance and management from the Sustainable Economies Law Center.

November 1, 2021

Key Facilitation Skills: Trusting the Force

One the most important skills that a facilitator can develop is their intuition—the sense of what to do in a given situation, even when the rational pathway to that choice is obscure.

October 28, 2021

A Failure of Cooperative Governance

Professor Imanol Basterretxea discusses some of the governance failures that helped lead to the collapse of the Mondragon cooperative Fagor Electrodoméstico.

September 13, 2021

Distinguishing Between Having Concerns and the Way They Are Expressed

Today I want to examine a dynamic about which people frequently get confused—especially when they're upset: the difference between having concerns and the way they're expressed.

August 12, 2021

Sociocracy in Worker Co-ops Roundtable

Worker cooperative members and developers discuss the use of Sociocracy in worker co-ops, and answer questions from webinar participants.

April 19, 2021

Governance in Home Care Cooperatives

Introduction and refresher on board, management and member roles, building engagement and more.

March 1, 2021

Cooperative Sociocracy — Making it Work for Your Co-op

A member of Unicorn Grocery worker co-op talks about her experience using sociocracy at the 70-member co-op.