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Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

👋 Welcome back! From Colin:

A study from Jonathan Preminger and Guy Major of Cardiff University shows UK EOT conversions are down in 2026 compared to previous years, and the decline is substantial — 627 conversions in 2024, down to 57...

14 days ago
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What is Your Organization For?

Stakeholders—This week only, we’re shipping everyone the latest edition of our new Ownership on Purpose newsletter. On Friday, we’ll get back to our regular employee ownership-focused programming. Today, take a look and subscribe or archive...

18 days ago
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How To Eat an Elephant

Welcome Back! From Colin:

In this week, Daniel Massey of Expanding ESOPs and Steve Storkan of the Employee Ownership Expansion Network give a rundown of state-level policies intended to spark more employee ownership.

It’s hard to lo...

21 days ago
3

Trick or Employee Owned Treats

👋 Welcome back! From Mark:

Why do people care about employee ownership? Every week I speak with owners, advocates, and funders; almost every week I hear a different answer to this question.

Ed Greenberg noticed the same thing about...

a month ago
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Europe Takes the Lead on Ownership Policy

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Each week The Stakehold posts a free newsletter for the ownership economy. Ownership on Purpose is a deeper cut on organizational purpose than we include there.

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  • Mark Hand

    I'm the Editor of The Stakehold and a political science professor. Thanks for reading!

  • Gabriel Gray

    Writer for The Stakehold about Employee Ownership and other forms of Ownership.

  • Kate Tully

    Kate Tully (EGBI, Austin) works at the intersection of community development and alternative ownership. She's exploring worker co-ops for childcare and how to connect CDFI capital flows with employee ownership to create generative community wealth.

  • Colin Birkhead

    I'm an Assistant Professor of Management at the Atkinson Graduate School of Management at Willamette University. Giddy up

  • Andrea Steffes-Tuttle

    Cultural Anthropologist, Entrepreneur, and Journalist

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