tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888622335052121805.post2428064070373051519..comments2023-07-15T04:24:27.258-07:00Comments on bob cannell: Some Reasons why the 1970s Wave of UK Worker Coops Faded Away and Why there is an Upsurge in the 2010sbob cannellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02319081568039594486noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888622335052121805.post-90196668525958572712018-04-04T03:56:07.951-07:002018-04-04T03:56:07.951-07:00Thanks for this Bob, it's a great article with...Thanks for this Bob, it's a great article with lots of historical context alongside points that are still relevant today. It makes me think about what future co-op developers need to know in order to help start long standing co-ops. <br /><br />Just one thing, Outlandish are supporting (where relevant) UCLAN's commercial technical department in setting up their own worker co-op but it will be completely separate from us. Once it's up and running, it will of course be invited to join CoTech. <br /><br />Thanks again - I'll be a frequent reader of your blog from now on :)<br /><br />Kayleigh from OutlandishKayleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569651866113565295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888622335052121805.post-68865753968908203472018-03-26T03:52:15.489-07:002018-03-26T03:52:15.489-07:00Excellent and very timely post. I completely agree...Excellent and very timely post. I completely agree about CoTech - the time has come.<br /><br />I also know you'll agree with this Bob: there is cooperation in theory and cooperation in practice.<br /><br />I hear a lot of talk about cooperation in theory and I also see some actual cooperative practice. The latter, for me, means developing enough self-knowledge and skill in communication that we can avoid getting in our own way and harming rather than building relationships.<br /><br />This is not easy - which is perhaps why people avoid it and would rather talk about cooperation in the abstract?<br /><br />Tech speeds up the process - but that can be making it fail faster or succeed faster. How communication takes place is most important - not the medium.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02261176438692146952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888622335052121805.post-42204864163350020892018-03-24T10:36:38.039-07:002018-03-24T10:36:38.039-07:00Great article - thanks Bob. I'm hoping to meet...Great article - thanks Bob. I'm hoping to meet other co-ops and a lot of the CoTech and Outlandish gang and others who are interested in making the sector stronger through greater adoption of principle 6 at the PLatform Co-op conference in July https://2018.open.coop/Archie Roqueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16192693079119819608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888622335052121805.post-80567461475015842892018-03-24T06:48:37.889-07:002018-03-24T06:48:37.889-07:00Interesting, but its worth looking at Jess Baines ...Interesting, but its worth looking at Jess Baines research on Print Co-ops, who had a strong ethos of mutual support, but got outflanked by technological developments and the decline of print. At their height there were over 30 Print co-ops in London who informally worked together in great part because their workforce often moved from co-op to co-op.<br />Also relevant is Jon Walkers application of the Viable Systems Model to the failed attempt to set up Federation of Wholefood Coops.<br />One key element is that they nature of tech work can mean that the transaction costs of mutual working can be substantially reduced.Leutha Blissetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01563177467099339035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888622335052121805.post-11292770069765435542018-03-24T06:11:34.679-07:002018-03-24T06:11:34.679-07:00To be clear Principle Six is a worker coop dev par...To be clear Principle Six is a worker coop dev partnership, and principle six is the sixth coop principle of cooperation among coops ... or is that even more mystifyingSion Whellenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136690108746526194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888622335052121805.post-28562635408546798972018-03-24T05:06:44.004-07:002018-03-24T05:06:44.004-07:00Fabbo BobFabbo BobUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17864059675897346678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888622335052121805.post-62761499287846615422018-03-24T00:22:17.696-07:002018-03-24T00:22:17.696-07:00Very interesting, Bob. But there seem to be quite ...Very interesting, Bob. But there seem to be quite a lot of new co-ops and social enterprises opening in the food sector too. And I'm not so sure SEs are automatically undemocratic; they can express multi-stakeholder democracy.Toby Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16973176809335121030noreply@blogger.com