Welcome Back!
We are welcoming a new contributor this week!
What We’ve Been WritingÂ
This week we are pleased to welcome a new EO+WD contributor and student at UTA- Alejandro Banda. He covered a CHI’s transition to employee ownership and its broader implications for the EO industryÂ
Dr. Hand details two new databases in the field of employee ownershipÂ
Megan covers a revolutionary shared ownership approach in the veterinary industryÂ
Tiffany takes a closer look at Textbook Rush’s transition to an ESOP structureÂ
What We’ve Been ReadingÂ
Check out this helpful step-by-step guide by John Abrams (a reader of EO+WD!) for companies considering a transition to a worker co-opÂ
A case study was released by Common Trust on new EOT Text-Em-All
Rita Kirk – a teaching professor at SMU – was nominated to review a Democracy, Governance, and Trust initiative
Check out this video interview with two business leaders who transitioned to a perpetual purpose trust
What’s NextÂ
On January 31st our friends at Transform Finance will be hosting a webinar with guest Smitha Das on how employee ownership can be used to close the racial wealth gap. Click here to sign up!
For our readers who are students and staff at UTA - be sure to check out David de la Fuente’s January 31st lecture on how to land a job in a political campaignÂ
In Case You Missed ItÂ
Last week the Aspen Institue held an event with author Nick Romeo. You can check out his book on creating a more just economy here!
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