The Mondragon Corporation: Employee Ownership as Strategy

[@tomalesbay]

Excellent talk. Thanks for posting! The part about the challenges the organization faces in encouraging employee ownership in other parts of the world was fascinating.

[@chilldude30]

I wish more people knew about mondragon. I live in UK and everyone thinks actually successful cooperatives are limited to coffee shops. We have the big cooperative bank but it's not a co op in any meaningful senss

[@Bertol-h1m]

Yo trabajo en mondragon y te daria verguenza ver como funciona.

[@felicetanka]

Padre José Arizmendiarrieta, thank you.

[@Newbruceufication]

IF Americans desire to survive, much less compete and cooperate in the global business climate, WE MUST ADOPT THIS type of organization wholesale. As our own too.

[@codyharrison771]

100% agree. I'm trying to start something like this in San Diego

[@moxdownful]

Haha as if the Oligarchs and Bankers that rule you will ever allow that

[@codyharrison771]

Don Mox they’ve allowed mondragon to exist, grow, and thrive 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@grayzytube]

All you need is a government (the only legal body allowed to make and amend laws) who is not a slave to corporate and banking interests and will enact laws to transfer ownership from shareholders to the workers. 1 man businesses aren't affected, but the likes of Microsoft, Google, Amazon, etc., etc. would, same for financial institutions such as banks. There is only really a need for one company to provide financial services, and stock markets would no longer be required (not that they are now) and Financial services would be highly regulated by law, just in case the workers try and get too greedy and emulate today's financial industry.

[@saraafonso4646]

@@codyharrison771 Best of luck to you and your partners!! I believe this is the future and we need examples like Mondragon to be able to see that it is possible to reform our current system. God Bless

[@socialmagnacartathegreatso7428]

can i get the slide deck

[@gonzalohernandez8663]

Excelente!

[@joepeeer4830]

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[@Omakori]

How do they choose representation for the corporation? 96 coops are many to each get a seat at the Board of the corporation.

[@wenetwork7420]

In the WE Network we start with each location having one landowner that will donate 10 acres to trust if location is successful. Then the landowner gets a board to sit equally on with the department heads. Our head department are the elements, Raws materials are obtained using 2. Earth for our forest gardens and Air for our Ecojunk. Water is the community of artisans that are invited to join and start a community supported shop. Fire is for our spiritual connection to each other.

[@keridesireeGerBaldi]

@@wenetwork7420 😂

[@williammoore413]

Who is this gentleman?

[@chrismackin5497]

His name is Fred Freundlich. He and I founded Ownership Associates in Cambridge, MA in 1987. Starting in about 1997 he moved to Mondragon and is a professor at Mondragon University. My name is Chris Mackin.

[@jzk2020]

Are you related to him because you kinda have the same name.

[@O1OO1O1]

@@chrismackin5497 Can you tell Fred to watch a recording of his speech so he can see how bad his stumbling around looks when giving a speech? Dear god, it's the worst I've ever seen in a speech, and I've seen lots. If he wants to be taken seriously as a speaker and not distract from the ideas he's sharing, he really needs to learn to stand still. I'm sure there's a Toastmasters club in his area--it'd sort him out.

[@hannahbassett7541]

@@O1OO1O1 that is such an incredibly rude comment. If you can’t handle his presentation style, don’t watch. Fred, thank you for working hard to share your knowledge with us.

[@O1OO1O1]

@@hannahbassett7541 do you also defend bad books and movies? It's not rude, it's true. His delivery detracts from an otherwise important message. A few hours of training would drastically improve things. "Rude," heh. I'd love for you to experience some of the shit I deal with from people. You'd redefine your idea of "rude." Professionals can handle feedback, and even want it, and don't melt down if it isn't delivered with ponies and rainbows. People are suffering and messages like this his need to be taken seriously. That includes delivery. That's why people prepare for speeches.

[@mixi2090]

I would not want to be the person responsible for getting things done. Specially if you don't pay me a lot to get the tenured workers to do something.

[@moxdownful]

I wish he'd stop moving around so much. So distracting

[@jrcrash4644]

Yeah, keeps staggering around like hes drunk or something.

[@codybonus230]

So Everyone Makes $250,000 a year Asking for Freemarket America. Whats the tax rate? Thanks I could make that on my own as a poor chap by reading a few books here in America. Whats the benifits?

[@piccalillipit9211]

They dont have to live with wankers like you. You are literally too American to understand even if I spend 2 hours telling you. all you care about it $$$ and tax rate and NONE OF IT is about $$$ and tax rates.

[@dawnrock2391]

In 40 minutes you’ve done the worst job explaining what Mondragon does. A bunch of random facts, and nothing cohesive.

[@keridesireeGerBaldi]

His personality has taken over the presentation, he's delighted just to be here.

[@chopeda5822]

I thought it was a very interesting talk