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Beyond Employee Ownership: Exploring Purpose, Power, and Profit with Mark Hand
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| November 5, 2026Grid Insight
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SUMMARY: In this episode of Owners at Work, we welcome back Mark Hand, researcher, educator, and founder of The Stakehold, to discuss the growing momentum behind employee ownership and what the future might hold for the field. We explore the rise of purpose and steward ownership, drawing on Mark's new report, What Is Your Organization For?, co-authored with Tiffany Vargas, which examines how businesses can structure ownership around questions of purpose, power, and financial participation. We also discuss what employee-owned companies can learn from these other ownership models, including approaches to protecting a company's mission and expanding employee participation in decision-making. Along the way, we explore the evolution of The Stakehold, opportunities to connect employee ownership with other movements, and what it will take to translate growing interest into more employee-owned businesses.
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