tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742385127651266632.post5815537575228526938..comments2024-01-07T12:13:21.793+00:00Comments on Craig Dearden-Phillips: An Open Letter to the BrothersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742385127651266632.post-40465593319359980432010-11-18T08:41:46.325+00:002010-11-18T08:41:46.325+00:00Not all private businesses are money grubbing, pro...Not all private businesses are money grubbing, profiteering fat cat owned, means spirited corporations. <br /><br />I run a for profit business. So I believe do you.<br /><br />Not all socents provide employees with a haven of control and empowerment. Not all selflessly turn loaves into fishes on a daily basis. The reality of many socents is that they are more like Gradgrind Inc, chasing funding and targets, than powerful organisations for social change. They too have often 'morphed' from 'better beginnings'.<br /><br />Time to stop stereotyping on the basis of legal and governance structures. Time to start working out where the good work is being done. <br /><br />The most difficult challenge is to organise and ally with those who share your visions and goals but not your means.Mike Chittyhttp://leedscd.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com