Governance and operations systems for worker-owned cooperatives

The most powerful institution in most people’s lives is their workplace. We care deeply about governmental democracy but accept dictatorships where we spend most of our waking hours. The cooperative movement has proven it doesn’t have to be this way.

Design Machines builds governance and operations systems for worker-owned cooperatives. Purpose-built tools that make running a democratic workplace simple, visible, and even enjoyable. Not generic software forced into cooperative shapes. Systems designed by someone who converted a company to a worker co-op and ran the democracy for years.

If you’re starting, running, or supporting a co-op, let’s talk.

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