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Every shared ownership program starts with a decision to do business differently — and that’s a story worth telling. Read about the employee-owners and business leaders showing what’s possible when more workers have a stake in the success they help create.
Explore original stories, announcements, media coverage, and other updates highlighting Ownership Works and the growing impact of employee ownership.
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Spectris Launches Global Employee Ownership Program
More than 7,000 Spectris employees around the world now share in the value they help create through employee ownership. Watch them celebrate the launch of Owners@Spectris and hear what it means to have a stake in the company's future.
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Business Insider: “KKR shared profits from a big sale with employees. Here’s what they’re doing with the windfall.”
At Integrated Specialty Coverages (ISC), employee-owners used their ownership payouts to pursue homeownership, build financial security, and create new possibilities for their families.
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Ownership Works Launches First International Affiliate in Japan, Marking the Start of a Global Shared Ownership Movement
October 20, 2025 - AnnouncementsOwnership Works launches its first international affiliate in Japan, backed by more than 20 partners ready to take shared ownership global.
Read MoreOwnership Works heads to Japan as the nonprofit works toward its goal of generating $20 billion in worker wealth by 2030 through employee ownership.
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Edge Empowers Employee-Owners with Financial Wellbeing Program
October 8, 2025 - Partner & Company FeaturesOwnership is about more than a stake in the company. It's about having the tools to plan for what comes next. At Edge, a new financial coaching program helps employees turn big goals into real steps forward.
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Japanese Software Provider Yayoi Launches Broad-Based Ownership Program
September 2, 2025 - Partner & Company FeaturesBe Open. Be Challenging. Be Professional. When Yayoi unveiled its new values, it paired them with a new promise: its employees would share in the company's success as owners through a new broad-based employee ownership program. Hear what that moment meant to the new employee-owners of Yayoi.
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Bushu Pharma Celebrates Milestone Broad-Based Company Ownership Program
September 2, 2025 - Partner & Company FeaturesFor the first time, every employee at Bushu Pharma is an owner. The moment was a first for Japan too: no company in the country backed by a private financial sponsor had extended ownership to all of its employees before. Hear what it means to the people living it.
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EY Ripples Better Heroes Podcast: “Building a Better Future with Shared Ownership”
June 24, 2025 - News & MediaOwnership Works' Anna-Lisa Miller and EY's Tim Tracy talk shared ownership on the Better Heroes podcast: how employee ownership drives financial wellbeing, social mobility, and a genuine ownership culture across the workforce.
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Columbia Business School’s Capital for Good Podcast: “Anna-Lisa Miller and Ownership Works: Reimagining Equity to Build Wealth for All”
May 1, 2025 - News & MediaAnna-Lisa Miller, Executive Director of Ownership Works, joins Columbia Business School's Capital for Good podcast to discuss employee ownership, financial wellbeing, and ownership culture.
Read MoreThe best ideas about employee ownership rarely come from one company alone. At the 2024 Shared Ownership CEO & Executive Convening, more than 260 leaders came together to learn from each other and bring those lessons back to their teams.
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Business Insider: “10 business leaders who spearheaded industry-transforming change in 2024”
December 16, 2024 - News & MediaOwnership Works' Executive Director Anna-Lisa Miller named one of Business Insider's "10 business leaders who spearheaded industry-transforming change in 2024," for her leadership in expanding employee ownership.
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UBS’ Brian Hull on “Changing the World” by Making Employee Ownership the Norm
November 14, 2024 - Partner & Company FeaturesBrian Hull of UBS on why he sees employee ownership as more than a benefit; it's a way to reshape how companies and workers share in success, one partnership at a time.
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