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Teaching Cooperative Intelligence, for a Solidarity Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

Such, at least, is the thesis of work I’ve been involved in to create a cooperative education curriculum at the high school level in the Bronx. Aside from these cultural and ideological factors, there are the practical benefits. Creating pathways for educating for economic democracy requires more than curriculum and content.

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How Investors Can Shape AI for the Benefit of Workers

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Soft skills, relationship building, and culture will all still matter across industries and job types. Currently, about half of teachers’ time is spent not with students but on grading, lesson planning, and curriculum development, as well as other administrative tasks.

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The Call of Leadership Now: BIPOC Leaders in a Syndemic Era

NonProfit Quarterly

And as nonprofits moved away from their member-driven and member-funded mutual aid and organizing roots, they took on a hierarchical structure modeled after corporate culture, became dependent on grants from foundations/government, and became run by “expert” staff to provide services or lead advocacy efforts.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

26 Even so, Isabelle Moses, Faith in Action’s chief of staff, explained that, after Reed left, it required “a comprehensive effort to transform the culture of the national staff team through self-examination around race and gender” that lasted more than three years. Moving Toward Liberation Changing the present dynamic is challenging.

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[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

Bloomerang

She’s also certified by the Institute of Cultural Affairs, in the USA, for facilitation. And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” So let me navigate around that.

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[VIDEO] Power Of Community In Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

I could practically teaching this class. That facilitator has to be able to manage many different personalities, the different cultures, different experiences. And there was a lot of cultural misunderstandings, something very basic. They had to deal with their own students and their own curriculum. Move aside, Julie.