In this episode our old punks sink their dentures into the question whether Employee Ownership is the route staff engagement and therefore to success. They discuss: 

• The woes of the John Lewis department store and whether its employee ownership model is at risk of being undermined by possible new measures
• The perils of picking one or two incentives from the employee ownership world, without going all the way. Those unintended consequences strike again...
• How democratic decision-making processes are increasingly supported by new technologies to benefit from the knowledge of all employees
• That employee-owned doesn't always mean employee-centric

Some recommended reading on the topics discussed:

• Guardian article "John Lewis: would ending staff ownership help the retailer": https://www.theguardian.com/business/...
• Blog "Employee Ownership + Self-Management = Mind blowing performance?" by Paul Jansen: https://trust-works.co.uk/blog/f/empl...
• Book "Citizens" by Jon Alexander: https://www.jonalexander.net/