Practical governance: making decisions cooperatively
This session looked at the different ways coops of different types and at different scales interpret the democratic principle in real life. Participants had the opportunity to reflect on their own experience of the way decisions get made in organisations they’ve been involved with, and experiment with some of the governance tools used by contemporary coops to make faster, better decisions while equalising participation and driving down management costs – the real ‘cooperative advantage’.
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International Co-operative Alliance
Phone
+32 (2) 743 10 30Website
https://www.ica.coop/Trainer
Siôn WhellensSiôn Whellens is a worker co-operator with Calverts, a graphic design and printing co-op in London, UK. He is a Vice President of CECOP, the European network of cooperatives in industry and services, and also serves on the board of CICOPA, the global federation.
Siôn is also a cooperative organiser and advocate with the Principle Six partnership. He specialises in advising and training community and worker coop startup groups, and helping with coop business conversions.