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Episode Synopsis
In this episode, Aasa sat down with Dr. Dionne Pohler (https://dionnepohler.com/biography)
to discuss her keynote speech from the Saskatchewan Co-operative Association’s 2018 conference.
Dr. Pohler’s address touched on five big ideas that co-operatives should keep in mind, given the unpredictable social, economic, and technological atmosphere in which we currently live. Her five ideas are:
• Good governance is about more than strategic planning, oversight, and risk management
• Avoid falling into the “growth trap”
• The short-term business case for diversity is weak and it downplays the hard work required to foster inclusiveness in organizations
• Organizations need to embrace conflict
• Co-operation and self-interest are two sides of the same coin.
Dr. Pohler is an assistant professor from the University of Toronto’s Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, and a fellow at the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives at the University of Saskatchewan.
to discuss her keynote speech from the Saskatchewan Co-operative Association’s 2018 conference.
Dr. Pohler’s address touched on five big ideas that co-operatives should keep in mind, given the unpredictable social, economic, and technological atmosphere in which we currently live. Her five ideas are:
• Good governance is about more than strategic planning, oversight, and risk management
• Avoid falling into the “growth trap”
• The short-term business case for diversity is weak and it downplays the hard work required to foster inclusiveness in organizations
• Organizations need to embrace conflict
• Co-operation and self-interest are two sides of the same coin.
Dr. Pohler is an assistant professor from the University of Toronto’s Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, and a fellow at the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives at the University of Saskatchewan.
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