Louder Than Ten is a Vancouver-based Project Management Training and Consulting company. L>10 was founded by Rachel and Travis Gertz, and for the past 14 years, everything they have done has been centered around fostering healthy and humane ways of working together and managing projects. There aren’t many organizations in the digital agency space that have taken the time to develop their own project management manifesto. It is truly a unique place and now, as they do, Rachel and Travis have cranked up the volume just a scosche higher by converting their company into a Worker Owned Cooperative. This means that folks who have been working with them for a long time (like Abby Fretz: https://on.soundcloud.com/H6TJq) as well as new employees who join Louder than Ten will have an option to purchase a stake in the company and become an equal partner. This is a far cry from the sweatshop grind-it-out approach that many agencies take and it is definitely unique in the context of what is happening in the field of project management today.

In this episode of the podcast, Rachel and Travis join me to talk about what led to this decision, why they made it, and what it means for the future of Louder Than Ten.

This podcast was originally recorded with video. You can find that version here: https://youtu.be/mFLfeDYhgE0

If you’d like to learn more about how to turn a business into a worker owned coop, here are some links:

Worker Cooperative - Wikipedia Entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker_cooperative

Canadian Worker Cooperative Federation: https://canadianworker.coop/

United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives: https://www.usworker.coop/en/

Democracy at Work: https://institute.coop/

Contacting Rachel and Travis

Web: https://louderthanten.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/louderthanten/

Rachel LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rachel-gertz-trainer

Travis LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/travisgertz