Fall 2023

Thanks to all who attended our Fall Co-op Cafe Workshop!

Creative Destruction: Making Space to Lead into Our Values

What We’ve Been Learning About Creative Destruction

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Within our organizations, we spend much time trying to do more and add on to things, in an effort to feel like we’re making progress. We have more money, let’s hire more staff! Not enough people from the neighborhood are shopping, let’s offer a new benefit. We got in trouble for not carrying an East African staple in our grocery store, now we have so many that we are a new competitor to the East African market on the other side of town. We add, add, and add.

October 11, 2023

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November 9, 2023

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Spring 2023

April 29, 2023

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May 4, 2023

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Interview: Nevada City School for the Arts

With Holly Pettitt, Executive Director, and Leeanne Haglund, Board President

Interview: Columinate

With Mark Goehring, Manager, and Todd Wallace, Board President

Making Space with TRIZ

Stop Counterproductive Activities and Behaviors to Make Space for Innovation

Explore Co-op Cafe Resources in our Library

Dive into previous Co-op Cafes

Co-op Cafe 2022:

An 8th Cooperative Principle?

Co-op Cafe 2021:

Proceed with Purpose

Co-op Cafe 2020:

Cooperative Resilience

Co-op Cafe 2019:

Everybody Can Shop at the Co-op

…all the way back to 2012!

Thank you to National Co+op Grocers for sponsoring the Co-op Cafe series. Your support is appreciated!