Alternate Power and Decision Making Models (EP.52)

This conversation was recorded as part of Work Shouldn't Suck's https://www.workshouldntsuck.co/ethical-reopening-summit-2021 (Ethical Re-Opening Summit) that took place on April 27, 2021. There are a multitude of ways to share power, decision making, and leadership in organizations. In this episode, Aja Couchois Duncan, Hop Hopkins, Lauren Ruffin, and Jason Wiener explore several, as well as discuss what companies should keep in mind as they consider different ways of participatory leadership. Resources mentioned during session:“https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/racism-killing-planet (Racism Is Killing the Planet)” by Hop Hopkins https://art.coop/ (Solidarity Not Charity - Grantmaking in the Solidarity Economy) Sustainable Economies Law Center’s https://www.theselc.org/nonprofit_democracy_network (Nonprofit Democracy Network) https://www.usworker.coop/home/ (United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives) https://aorta.coop/who-we-are (Anti-Oppression Resource & Training Alliance) (AORTA) AJA COUCHOIS DUNCAN is a leadership coach, team engagement and strategic planning graphic facilitator and organizational development consultant of Ojibwe, French and Scottish descent. A Senior Consultant with Change Elemental, Aja has worked for almost 20 years in the areas of education, leadership and equity. Working with a broad range of clients from public and private universities, nonprofit organizations, national policy advocates, statewide arts organizations, to small businesses—she provides organizational capacity building expertise through needs assessments, program and/or strategy design and delivery, group facilitation, strategic communications and ROI/impact analysis. Aja has a strong background in diversity and social justice work, having provided diversity education, disparate impact analysis, diversity program evaluation and macro-level recommendations to improve equity and thus workplace climate and organizational performance. For nearly a decade, Aja was an active member of the Native American Health