đ¤ 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 Weâve Been WritingÂ
Dr. Hand covers Obamaâs upcoming speech on âinclusive capitalismâ at the Obama Foundationâs Democracy ForumÂ
Megan covers an education solutions firm who recently transitioned to a perpetual purpose trustÂ
Tiffany writes about a novel form of long-term trust for generative AI
What Weâve Been ReadingÂ
What Weâve 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 benefitsÂ
This article tackles the reported success of ESOPs, and why they are becoming the âbest kept secret in businessâ
Private equity firm KKR has completed its acquisition of publisher Simon & SchusterÂ
Whatâs NextÂ
Dr. Hand and our partners at Purpose Known and Project Equity are working on a database for purpose trust service providers. If youâre a service provider and we havenât 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 ItÂ
Last week the Stanford Social Innovation Review touted employee ownership as a way to revolutionize the workforce - check it out if you havenâtÂ
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