Being in a small rural town I feel that power remains with two groups – individuals and institutions. If you are an individual you derive your power from money. If you are an institution you derive your power from control of decision making – around resources, assets, rules, etc. For example, our downtown is changing,Continue reading “Can someone gain power without someone else giving it up?”
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When someone gets it.
From the reading I feel like our organization, The Industrial Commons, aligns with all three. Much of our work with launching and incubating cooperatives is the alternatives slice of the pie; however, we also work to change dominant institutions and our work also implements personal transformation – particularly with our staff. It is in theContinue reading “When someone gets it.”
It’s not always about hard work.
For a long time after college in my early work years I often thought that hard work was what propelled me forward, what earned me opportunities and put me in a position to move ahead in my career. That is partly true; however, many many people in America today work extremely hard and will neverContinue reading “It’s not always about hard work.”
Moving toward conflict
We have a bookshelf in our office and I dip into it from time to time. This book stood out as I am personally and professionally becoming more interested in adding some conflict into our strategy. Let me explain. We are in rural North Carolina and so much of our work is focused in placeContinue reading “Moving toward conflict”
Shared Ownership Workshop 