🤖 EO+WD Weekend Newsletter, Vol.32
We cover everything from a presidential summit to a new purpose trust for generative AI
Welcome Back!
November (and the holiday season) are here!
What We’ve Been Writing
Dr. Hand covers Obama’s upcoming speech on “inclusive capitalism” at the Obama Foundation’s Democracy Forum
Megan covers an education solutions firm who recently transitioned to a perpetual purpose trust
Tiffany writes about a novel form of long-term trust for generative AI
What We’ve Been Reading
What We’ve Been Reading
Check out a series of blog posts by Tom Strong on how the workplace democracy and employee ownership movements can better work together
An ESOP was named as one of the Top 100 companies in the U.S. for perks and benefits
This article tackles the reported success of ESOPs, and why they are becoming the ‘best kept secret in business’
Private equity firm KKR has completed its acquisition of publisher Simon & Schuster
What’s Next
Dr. Hand and our partners at Purpose Known and Project Equity are working on a database for purpose trust service providers. If you’re a service provider and we haven’t reached out to you, please reach out to us!
Many of our friends and colleagues, including Jenny Everett, attended a shared ownership conference hosted by the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and Predistribution Initiative this week. Watch this space!
In Case You Missed It
Last week the Stanford Social Innovation Review touted employee ownership as a way to revolutionize the workforce - check it out if you haven’t
The Employee Ownership + Workplace Democracy Research Cluster (EO+WD) is a joint project of UT-Arlington professor Mark Hand and students at UTA and SMU