Doesn’t it make sense to have creative flexible social relationships which benefit everyone?  We can create democratic structures specifically designed for each situation as a living, growing, learning process for all involved.  People all over the world are calling for democracy in their governments and work places.  They are building on the inspiration of the original dream of freedom on which the United States was founded.  The people of Tunisia are creating a government more democratic than our own.  They are learning from our omissions writing into their constitution equal rights for women and rights for the environment.  Organizations in our country are waking up to new democratic directions.  Despite or perhaps because of economic disparity, we are moving toward fairly compensating workers and giving women equal pay.  Social change which previously took millennia to occur is now occurring in decades and sometimes instantly. Change can come in the twinkling of an eye¹.

Creative democracy enters the work place through CEO‘s and investors honoring, respecting and compensating workers for the fruits of their labor, giving workers a share of the profits of their labor. These are simple and powerful concepts whose time has come.  In the United States and around the world workers are beginning to create their own democratic corporations and to hire their own CEO’s.

Corporations are not bad. How corporations are organized, what their intentions are, and how their intentions are implemented are what make the difference as to whether a corporation is destructive or beneficial.   Profit is not bad.  The question is how are the profits used and to whose benefit.  Profits have the potential of creating great good.

 We learned from the totalitarian governments that top down management can be economically deadly.  When workers are compensated fairly, when they have ownership and participate in decision making: enthusiasm, inspiration and creativity flourish.  Quality and profits increase for everyone when workers are invested in the outcome of their labor.  When workers are in charge, they are more likely to produce products which benefit their community and environment.  

Purchasers of goods and services recognize the benefits of cooperative efforts. Creative democratic efforts flourish.  The companies and the workers thrive, as well as, the whole community when creative democratic organization is in place.  People appreciate and support organizations founded on right relationships.

1 Findhorn song