What Do We Really Mean When We Say ‘Ownership?’

Employee ownership is having a moment. Big headlines celebrate worker payouts; reports champion wealth creation. But when the same term describes a worker cooperative and a private equity-backed profit-share, the term begins to lose meaning. So what do we actually mean when we say ownership? For workers historically excluded from wealth creation, a payout can be life-changing. Or, is it a fraction of the value they created, distributed once, with no say in how it happened? We bring practitioners from both ends of the spectrum on the stage then turn to the room. Not to pick a winner, but to leave with a useful definition. We’ll publish it the next morning with ImpactAlpha to harness the power of media, a central pillar of World Within.