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Sociocracy and Co-operatives: Critical Reflections
Description
This session will explore a series of reflections drawn from several years practicing sociocracy as a member of large and small worker co-ops, providing governance support to other co-ops, and more recently critically engaging with sociocracy through academic study. Please come along if you’re interested in co-ops and sociocracy – what works well, what doesn’t quite fit, and some surprising and challenging insights from Gerard Endenburg’s writings.
Bio
Abbie Kempson is a long-term worker co-operator and founder member of People Support Co-op. She works with co-ops and community businesses to provide practical governance and HR training and advice to place people, relationships and co-operation at the centre of their organisations. Abbie is currently a postgraduate researcher at Nottingham Trent University, studying the impact of sociocracy on democratic praxis in co-ops. Abbie is a working member of Sociocracy for All.
