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Employee Ownership Ideas Forum – 2024: Briefs

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Apr 9 – 10 2024

Date

Apr 9 – 10 2024
12:00am

Location



Contact

    eop.program@aspeninstitute.org

Hosts

  1. Economic Opportunities Program
  2. Opportunity in America

The Employee Ownership Ideas Forum brings together members of Congress and their staff, government officials, practitioners, researchers, think tanks, philanthropy, investors, and the leaders of employee-owned companies to learn about and discuss the latest in policy, research, finance, and practice. This year’s forum, “Employee Ownership on the Ground,” brought innovative employee share ownership initiatives and speakers from around the country to DC to highlight how this bipartisan approach to improving jobs, wealth creation, and business performance is helping create more equitable economies in states, cities, and rural communities. Click to view our videos, photos, briefs, speakers, and agenda.Employee Ownership and ESOPs – What We Know from Recent Research

  • Joseph Blasi and Douglas Kruse

ESOPs in Rural Areas

  • Douglas Kruse, Joseph Blasi, and Jack Moriarty

ESOPs in the Manufacturing Industry

  • Douglas Kruse

Business Owner Responsiveness to Employee Ownership Outreach Efforts

  • Vipul Bokil and Trevor Young-Hyman

 

The Employee Ownership Ideas Forum brings together members of Congress and their staff, government officials, practitioners, researchers, think tanks, philanthropy, investors, and the leaders of employee-owned companies to learn about and discuss the latest in policy, research, finance, and practice. This year’s forum, “Employee Ownership on the Ground,” brought innovative employee share ownership initiatives and speakers from around the country to DC to highlight how this bipartisan approach to improving jobs, wealth creation, and business performance is helping create more equitable economies in states, cities, and rural communities. Click to view our videos, photos, briefs, speakers, and agenda.

Employee Ownership and ESOPs – What We Know from Recent Research

  • Joseph Blasi and Douglas Kruse

ESOPs in Rural Areas

  • Douglas Kruse, Joseph Blasi, and Jack Moriarty

ESOPs in the Manufacturing Industry

  • Douglas Kruse

Business Owner Responsiveness to Employee Ownership Outreach Efforts

  • Vipul Bokil and Trevor Young-Hyman

 

Fixing Work: Recent Lessons from the Field

The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program will soon release a report, Fixing Work: Lessons from Job Quality Practitioners, based on in-depth interviews with more than 20 leaders across the country about the work they are doing to create good jobs that provide economic security, the opportunity to advance and grow, and a safe, dignified, and equitable workplace. 

How Good Jobs Support Small Business Success: Lessons from the Shared Success Demonstration – Transcript (Panel 1)

How Good Jobs Support Small Business Success: Lessons from the Shared Success Demonstration – Transcript (Panel 2)

How Good Jobs Support Small Business Success: Lessons from the Shared Success Demonstration – Resources

Advising Small Businesses on Job Quality: Lessons from CDFIs

Hear from CDFIs about their approaches to building job quality advising into their work, and share your questions and comments. We are eager to hear what you think!

Job Quality Fellowship Webinar – Transcript

In addition to providing an overview of the nomination and application process, we’re pleased to welcome two Job Quality Fellows to this conversation — Neidi Dominguez Zamorano, founding executive director of Organized Power in Numbers, and Bo Delp, executive director of the Texas Climate Jobs Project — who will share their experience as members of the Fellowship.

Working and Homeless in America — A Book Talk with Brian Goldstone — Resources

“There Is No Place for Us” not only brings these unseen lives into focus but also forces us to confront a pressing question: If hard work is no longer enough to keep a roof over one’s head, what does that say about the promise of economic opportunity in the US?

Marketcrafters: The 100-Year Struggle To Shape the American Economy — A Book Talk with Chris Hughes

Markets and our economy don’t just happen — they’re crafted. While we often hear about the “free market” as a natural force governed by the invisible hand, the reality is far more intentional.

Working and Homeless in America — A Book Talk with Brian Goldstone – Transcript

“There Is No Place for Us” not only brings these unseen lives into focus but also forces us to confront a pressing question: If hard work is no longer enough to keep a roof over one’s head, what does that say about the promise of economic opportunity in the US?

Event — How Good Jobs Support Small Business Success: Lessons from the Shared Success Demonstration

Only 56% of full-time workers in the United States make enough money to cover their families basic needs. Job quality is vital not only for workers, but also for small businesses and communities.