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Spolu 12: The Senior Management Team
One new legal structure of the spolu will be the selection of the senior management team, which is analogous to the corporation’s board of directors. I recommend this structure.
The spolu’s senior management team will be making the big decisions for the spolu.
I recommend that this team be comprised of these members:
1. Three members from the investors
2. Two members from the employees
3. Two members from the customers
4. Two members from the suppliers
5. One member from the philanthropy
All five of these groups will have their internal elections to decide who to send to into the senior management team. While I could get into many details here, I recommend the writers of the spolu articles look into the principles of Tiered Democratic Governance (TDG). This will help in setting up these internal elections for the members of the senior management team.
As well, TDG governance asks the elected representatives to learn and apply consultative decision-making techniques. I expect the same for spolus. The senior management team should strive for unity. If not attained, a majority vote shall prevail, with the minority yielding to the majority. If the decision is later proven wrong, the…