The Mondragon Model

Have you heard of it?  How about Dee Hock and Visa?

Funny thing about both of these, they will be recognized as our new economic model within 5 years.  And they've been around for decades.

Dee Hock's ideas about corporate structure have come to symbolize a somewhat eccentric but  successful 'exception' to the for-profit structures we are mired in.  There are very few examples of people following in his footsteps, but there are some.  REI, for one.  A cooperative.  Nav Canada, a trust.  And now, new, on the web, www.dibspace.com.

What could happen if we could preserve the very best of capitalism, and embed it in a new structure that decentralizes power and authority and that takes the ego out of commerce?  What could that look like?

If you'd like to read more about these, shoot me an email.  I'll send you a few articles that I've passed to my executive coaching clients.