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What shape does that take? +tags: [governance] +--- + +*by Katy Fetters* + +Those of us looking to shape our enterprises with methods for collective governance and shared ownership are led to ask: *What can collective governance look like? What shape does that take? What are some of the challenges and freedoms presented in this model?* + +We spoke with several cooperative-minded experts who offered their insight into these questions, as part of a collaboration with the Action Network, a nonprofit online mobilization platform whose team is seeking to further democratize its operations. Here are a few takeaways from our discussion: + +* **Clarity:** Facilitate strong and clear communication around your offerings and core values. Create a ladder of engagement for the purpose of empowering members around co-ownership, leadership, and responsibility. The earlier you can define members' roles and emphasize their level of commitment, the more assured your members and core partners may feel. +* **Trust:** Build trust within your organization to increase loyalty and engagement among members and core partners. It will be difficult to be everything to everyone. 1) Recognize the nature of your member-base; if they are mostly international, allow for participation in voting and web-based meetings based on remote positioning and convenience to their time zone. 2) Record and send out online meetings, creating open discussion forums and providing a variety of ways in which your members can communicate their needs and opinions to you. 3) Develop tools to increase accessibility and transparency around important stakeholder information, and show your members how to engage with your platform. +* **Collaborative effort for collective success:** Understand that people respond differently to different kinds of communication. Some will want to dominate much of the activity or conversation on the platform. Spot the need to activate or incentivize many members to engage based on their preference or ability so that the contribution of value and insight is more fairly distributed. +* **Use your users:** In any early stage of a startup or software project, the best test group for your product is your members; give room for critical feedback as a chance to listen, learn, and improve. This will also cultivate an environment of oppeness and transparency at every level of the process, while also retaining the agility and autonomy that the development team needs. + +If we think about a wave—the flow, the tide that pulls from within, it requires many forces working in tandem to build momentum and energy, enough to create the wave’s body and crest. + +*A special thanks to the participants in this discussion: Brian Young (executive director and founder, Action Network), Martha Grant (product manager, Action Network), Alanna Irving (team member, Open Collective; co-founder, Enspiral and Loomio), Chris Tittle (director of organizational resilience, Sustainable Economies Law Center), Margaret Vincent (senior counsel, Stocksy United).* diff --git a/_projects/governance.md b/_projects/governance.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5b10124 --- /dev/null +++ b/_projects/governance.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +layout: page +title: Collaborative Governance and Accountable Leadership +summary: Consulting, convening and research on leading-edge democratic governance and leadership, especially through digital tools +--- + +Through 2019, we are conducting consulting, convening and research on leading-edge democratic governance and leadership, especially through digital tools. + +## Collaborators + +* [Action Network](https://actionnetwork.org/) +* [CoLab](http://colab.coop/) diff --git a/_projects/platform_cooperativism.md b/_projects/platform_cooperativism.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..814419c --- /dev/null +++ b/_projects/platform_cooperativism.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +--- +layout: page +title: Platform Cooperativism +summary: Supporting an ecosystem for cooperative business in the online economy +--- + +Since co-organizing the first "platform cooperativism" conference at the New School in 2015, MEDLab director Nathan Schneider has been active in organizing and documenting this growing movement aiming to build an ecosystem for cooperative business in the online economy. + +## Collaborators + +* [Platform Cooperativism Consortium](https://platform.coop/about/consortium) at The New School + +## Publications + +* Trebor Scholz and Nathan Schneider (eds.), _Ours to Hack and to Own: The Rise of Platform Cooperativism, a New Vision for the Future of Work and a Fairer Internet_ (OR Books, 2016) +* Nathan Schneider, "An Internet of Ownership: Democratic Design for the Online Economy," _The Sociological Review_ 66, no. 2 (March 2018) +* Nathan Schneider, _Everything for Everyone: The Radical Tradition that Is Shaping the Next Economy_ (Nation Books, 2018) + +## Related + +* [The Internet of Ownership](https://ioo.coop/) directory of the platform co-op ecosystem +* [Platform.coop](https://platform.coop/), a portal for platform cooperativism diff --git a/_projects/social-fiction.md b/_projects/social-fiction.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ace9bc9 --- /dev/null +++ b/_projects/social-fiction.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +layout: page +title: Social Fiction for Social Enterprise +summary: Research and workshops on the uses of speculative fiction +--- + +MEDLab offers workshops for community-oriented enterprises of all stages using methods of speculative fiction. In collaboration with science-fiction writer and activist [Cadwell Turnbull](https://cadwellturnbull.com/publications/), we are developing a methodology for applying narrative practices to the imaginative process of enterprise building—addressing challenges of internal governance, stakeholder acquisition, and social impact. In addition to helping entrepreneurs and their communities develop their own narratives, we commission original works from leading authors. + +## Related + +* [Project bibliography](https://www.zotero.org/groups/2198473/medlab/items/collectionKey/ZHIG3424) + +*Supported through project funds available through a Luce Foundation grant to CU Boulder's Center on Media, Religion and Culture.* diff --git a/_projects/stakeholder-news.md b/_projects/stakeholder-news.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..513beed --- /dev/null +++ b/_projects/stakeholder-news.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +--- +layout: page +title: Stakeholder Ownership for Sustainable News +summary: Can democratic ownership design foster newfound trust and revenue for journalism? +--- + +In collaboration with pioneering publications, we are exploring how democratic strategies for ownership, financing, and governance can support a new generation of accountable, sustainable news organizations. + +## Collaborators + +* _[The Colorado Sun](https://coloradosun.com/)_ + +## Publications + +* Nathan Schneider, "[Stakeholder Ownership for Sustainable News](https://osf.io/d4cbv/)" (draft via Open Science Framework) + +## Related + +* Open letter from CU Boulder faculty: "[CMCI Faculty Agree: Local News Matters](https://www.colorado.edu/cmci/localnewsmatters)" + +*Supported by grants from the Brett Family Foundation and the CU Boulder Office for Outreach and Engagement.* diff --git a/_projects/user-trusts.md b/_projects/user-trusts.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..029658e --- /dev/null +++ b/_projects/user-trusts.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +--- +layout: page +title: User Trusts +summary: Strategies for restructuring online platforms based on the ideas of Louis O. 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A special thanks to the participants in this discussion: Brian Young (executive director and founder, Action Network), Martha Grant (product manager, Action Network), Alanna Irving (team member, Open Collective; co-founder, Enspiral and Loomio), Chris Tittle (director of organizational resilience, Sustainable Economies Law Center), Margaret Vincent (senior counsel, Stocksy United).

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What does it take to build thriving media organizations, accountable to the communities they serve? At a time of global platform monopolies and local newspapers struggling to survive, the future of media will depend on the kinds of business models we design today.

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The Media Enterprise Design Lab is a think tank for community-oriented media organizations. It creates space for researchers and practitioners to challenge the conventional norms and explore possibilities offered by neglected histories and possible futures. Drawing on diverse fields such as cultural studies, law, management, media archeology, organizational communication, and sociology, MEDLab holds space and time for better kinds of business.

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Nathan Schneider (assistant professor, Media Studies) is a reporter who writes about religion, technology and resistance. He co-organized the New School in 2015, Platform Cooperativism, and has been a leader in efforts to develop more democratic business models for the online economy. He is the author of three books, most recently Everything for Everyone: The Radical Tradition That Is Shaping the Next Economy, and co-edited Ours to Hack and to Own: The Rise of Platform Cooperativism, a New Vision for the Future of Work and a Fairer Internet with Trebor Scholz. His articles have appeared in publications such as Harper’s, The Nation, The Guardian, Vice and The Catholic Worker. Find more information at nathanschneider.info.

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Katy Fetters (MA student, Media and Public Engagement) is from Southern California and sometimes wishes she still lived near the beach no matter how charming Boulder is. She once lived out of a car and traveled down south for a good while to experience the allure of Patagonia with her boyfriend. To lend her voice and experience to issues around disability and identity, she started Cerebral Palsy Strong, #cpstrong in 2017. She came to CU to expand her understanding of media and culture to help build upon this work and hopes that it will start to change the way we think about what disability looks like. Katy holds a BA in Liberal Arts from Soka University of America.

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What shape does that take? What are some of the challenges and freedoms presented in this model?</em></p> + +<p>We spoke with several cooperative-minded experts who offered their insight into these questions, as part of a collaboration with the Action Network, a nonprofit online mobilization platform whose team is seeking to further democratize its operations. Here are a few takeaways from our discussion:</p> + +<ul> + <li><strong>Clarity:</strong> Facilitate strong and clear communication around your offerings and core values. Create a ladder of engagement for the purpose of empowering members around co-ownership, leadership, and responsibility. The earlier you can define members’ roles and emphasize their level of commitment, the more assured your members and core partners may feel.</li> + <li><strong>Trust:</strong> Build trust within your organization to increase loyalty and engagement among members and core partners. It will be difficult to be everything to everyone. 1) Recognize the nature of your member-base; if they are mostly international, allow for participation in voting and web-based meetings based on remote positioning and convenience to their time zone. 2) Record and send out online meetings, creating open discussion forums and providing a variety of ways in which your members can communicate their needs and opinions to you. 3) Develop tools to increase accessibility and transparency around important stakeholder information, and show your members how to engage with your platform.</li> + <li><strong>Collaborative effort for collective success:</strong> Understand that people respond differently to different kinds of communication. Some will want to dominate much of the activity or conversation on the platform. Spot the need to activate or incentivize many members to engage based on their preference or ability so that the contribution of value and insight is more fairly distributed.</li> + <li><strong>Use your users:</strong> In any early stage of a startup or software project, the best test group for your product is your members; give room for critical feedback as a chance to listen, learn, and improve. 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Can democratic ownership design foster newfound trust and revenue for journalism?

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MEDLab offers workshops for community-oriented enterprises of all stages using methods of speculative fiction. In collaboration with science-fiction writer and activist Cadwell Turnbull, we are developing a methodology for applying narrative practices to the imaginative process of enterprise building—addressing challenges of internal governance, stakeholder acquisition, and social impact. In addition to helping entrepreneurs and their communities develop their own narratives, we commission original works from leading authors.

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Through employee stock-ownership plans (ESOPs), millions of Americans experience the benefits of being co-owners of their workplaces. But employment is only one kind of economic relationship that can be strengthened with co-ownership trusts. Louis Kelso, the inventor of the ESOP, also imagined other SOPs, including a consumer stock-ownership plan (CSOP). In an era when fixed employment may be in decline, perhaps the time is right to revisit the CSOP proposal.

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Drawing on diverse fields such as cultural studies, law, management, media archeology, organizational communication, and sociology, MEDLab holds space and time for better kinds of business. + +## Programs + +* **Collaboration** with startups and established organizations alike to imagine and develop transformative business models, ownership structures, and governance practices +* **Research** on under-explored strategies for organizational design, with a particular focus on models that support community wealth-building and appropriate accountability +* **Education** on media enterprise design through student fellowships and collaborations, together with public events and publications + +MEDLab offers consultation services and public events for community-oriented organizations. For more information on these and more, contact us at medlab@colorado.edu. + +## Personnel + +### Director + + **[Nathan Schneider](https://www.colorado.edu/cmci/people/media-studies/nathan-schneider) (assistant professor, Media Studies)** is a reporter who writes about religion, technology and resistance. He co-organized the New School in 2015, Platform Cooperativism, and has been a leader in efforts to develop more democratic business models for the online economy. He is the author of three books, most recently _[Everything for Everyone: The Radical Tradition That Is Shaping the Next Economy](https://nathanschneider.info/e4e)_, and co-edited _[Ours to Hack and to Own: The Rise of Platform Cooperativism, a New Vision for the Future of Work and a Fairer Internet](https://nathanschneider.info/books/books/ours-to-hack/)_ with Trebor Scholz. His articles have appeared in publications such as _Harper's_, _The Nation_, _The Guardian_, _Vice_ and _The Catholic Worker_. Find more information at [nathanschneider.info](https://nathanschneider.info/). + +### Research fellow + +**[Katy Fetters](https://www.colorado.edu/cmci/people/graduate-students/katy-fetters) (MA student, Media and Public Engagement)** is from Southern California and sometimes wishes she still lived near the beach no matter how charming Boulder is. She once lived out of a car and traveled down south for a good while to experience the allure of Patagonia with her boyfriend. To lend her voice and experience to issues around disability and identity, she started Cerebral Palsy Strong, #cpstrong in 2017. She came to CU to expand her understanding of media and culture to help build upon this work and hopes that it will start to change the way we think about what disability looks like. 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