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A practical resource from South Mountain Company with tips for effective meetings and consensus decision-making in worker cooperatives.
Meetings are where many worker co-ops either build trust or lose momentum. Basic facilitation and decision practices are governance infrastructure.
Small and midsize co-ops trying to improve meeting quality and shared decision-making.
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This is a concise, practical resource for groups using consensus or consensus-like meeting culture. It is especially useful for co-ops where participation is expected but facilitation norms are still informal. Use it to support meeting redesign, member training, or governance onboarding.