Sam Grayston

Category: Co-operative

  • A Presentation Blast from the Past

  • PIES at your meeting

    PIES. Yum. Who doesn’t like pie?

    Pie
    Pie

    But on this occasion, I’m not talking about a tasty pastry and meat/fruit filling, oh no. I’m talking about a method of co-operative learning developed by Dr Spencer Kagan and that I learned whilst I was teaching. I recently thought that this model might be really useful to apply to modern, grown up meetings too. It works like this:

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  • Of, by and for…why a co-operative should be a perfectly promotable business model

    The co-operative is currently going through a bit of a tough time which got me thinking back to some work I did a while ago to try to help express the uniqueness of a co-operative business model.

    One of the things I explored was about businesses having to excel in one, two or three aspects…most can’t do all three, but I believe a co-operative is uniquely placed to utilise this model…

    Businesses need to:

    • Be of the customer: a business that shares the values of its customers 
    • Be by the customer: a business that is shaped and run by its customers
    • Be for the customer: a business that is focused on an excellent customer experience

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