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Guest episode: Unexpected Director Endorsements

October 24, 2025 • Co-operatives First

While The Common Share is on hiatus, we'd like to share an episode from the Director Decisions podcast featuring our friend Dr. Dionne Pohler talking about co-op governance!

In this episode, Dr. Pohler, the David and Alexandra Lipsky Professor of Dispute Resolution at Cornell University ILR School in the Department of Global Labor and Work and Associate Director of the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, discusses how REI should select who to nominate for the board of directors.

The Director Decisions podcast reviews a board decision in each episode, placing the decision in context, dissecting the directors’ options, and discussing what insights academics can provide before sharing what happened.

https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/67f467b509867804630a87ce