Comments on: Small is Beautiful–and Profitable

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 01:20:16 +0000

Saying that a comany is “employee-owned” is pretty vague, especially when ESOPs are the norm.

Can you explain further? Distributism appears to be impractical at best. Have you ever tried to implement it?

By: Nathan P. Origer

Nathan P. Origer — Fri, 07 May 2010 21:25:58 +0000

*My boldface, rather. Silly me. And I’m not even drunk.

By: Nathan P. Origer

Nathan P. Origer — Fri, 07 May 2010 21:25:33 +0000

From the Wikipedia entry on SRC:

“President and CEO, Jack Stack has written two books, The Great Game of Business and A Stake in the Outcome, detailing the business and management techniques practiced and promoted by the company. The company was selected as one of the Top 100 Companies to Work for in America, and INC. magazine has said that SRC is one of the most competitive small companies in America.” [My italics.]

Sounds like a winner to me.

By: B Paolo Franceschi

B Paolo Franceschi — Wed, 05 May 2010 04:10:41 +0000

At last, a subsidiarity reality show. I’ve been waiting all my business life to hear about a company like this. Thank you for letting us know about this one,John. How many more of these may be out there? Check out this story about Bob’s Red Mill near my home of Portland, OR http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2010/02/bobs_red_mill_natural_foods_ro.html

By: D.W. Sabin

D.W. Sabin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:15:14 +0000

Perhaps this is what is meant by the snappy “Human Resources” signs

By: Steve Knepper

Steve Knepper — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:29:13 +0000

Thank you for sharing this. I’ve been reading some of John Seddon’s work recently, which is in much the same vein. I also work part-time at a private school, and I’ve been thinking a lot about what a teacher and staff owned, open book school might look like.

By: Russell Arben Fox

Russell Arben Fox — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:16:47 +0000

Brilliant and important. Thanks very much for sharing this, John.