So, er, what even is a co-op?
Doug Belshaw,
Google Docs,
Feb 17, 2023
When thinking about the future of learning and especially of workplace learning it would be useful to think about how work itself should be organized, so you're not saying things like "you need to have management buy-in to do such-and-such". This is a really good description of the co-op model of work. "A co-op is an organisation that people can choose to join, and which is controlled democratically by members, in a way where capital is held as common property, so that the organisation is fully independent. Members commit to education and training to help develop the co-op, and seek to work together with other co-ops to build a new/better economy. This work is deeply rooted in community — whatever that means in the context of a particular co-op." If I weren't working in the public service, my second choice would be to work in a co-op.
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