Starting a Worker Cooperative From Scratch • Three Years Later
A history of work trauma.
Category: Cooptimize
“Is This Even a Coop?” A Q&A About Worker Ownership Without the Headaches
From time to time I have pretty long Q&A sessions with Chatty G to learn about various topics. I thought this conversation about legal worker ownership was worth publishing.
Consulting Firms Should Be Worker Cooperatives
Most consulting firms operate on outdated assumptions about ownership, hierarchy, and where value actually comes from. This post challenges all of that and makes the case for worker cooperatives as the model that actually fits how consulting really works. Based on lived experience, not theory.
Starting a Worker Cooperative from Scratch • Two Years Later
A month-by-month breakdown about what I learned at Cooptimize in 2023.
Economic Socialism is Teaching Me What a Free Market Actually Looks Like
My perspective on capitalism and free markets shifted after forming a worker cooperative. I highlight the flaws in traditional capitalist consulting firms, such as opaque agreements, lack of competition, and secret salaries. I advocate for more transparency, freedom to compete, and the end of restrictive employment agreements to promote innovation and change in the professional services industry.
Agile vs Waterfall for ERP Implementations • Everyone is Wrong
Every now and then, I’ll see the ol’ LinkedIn argument about whether Agile or Waterfall methodology is better for ERP. It goes something like this in the comments: The Fatal … Continue reading Agile vs Waterfall for ERP Implementations • Everyone is Wrong
Starting a Consulting Firm Worker Cooperative From Scratch • One Year Later
A lot of people have interest in starting a business but are unsure of what it looks like. Every company is different, but this is what it looked like for … Continue reading Starting a Consulting Firm Worker Cooperative From Scratch • One Year Later
Canvas App Custom Pages • Model Driven App Design
Custom Pages allow you to build a lightweight form using the Canvas App authoring tools. Learn how to make these Pages look like Model Driven Apps.
I Did a Thing
I co-founded a new company, Cooptimize (https://cooptimize.org/)! Starting a new company is something I’ve thought about for a long time. But I never could quite figure out all the pieces … Continue reading I Did a Thing
Joel Leichty 