What is the cooperative model for businesses and beyond?

Since 2018, the Southeast Center for Cooperative Development has been coaching workers across Tennessee and the Southeast on how to form a cooperative business. Commonly referred to as co-ops, this power and profit-sharing model of business is an alternative to the traditional top-down business structure.

In this episode we talk to the co-directors of the SEC4CD about support the organization offers, how co-ops differ from traditional businesses, and what the bigger implications of sharing profits and power mean for those who choose this structure.

Guests:

• Benny Overton, co-director, Southeast Center for Cooperative Development
• Rosemarie Henkel-Rieger, co-director, Southeast Center for Cooperative Development

This episode was produced by Magnolia McKay.