ISABEL URIBE - The Inspiring Origins of the Mondragon Cooperatives
Event Date: May 15, 2026
Time: 4:00 pm
Isabel Uribe, PhD is the co-author, with Armin Isasti, of a seminal book about the Mondragón Cooperatives, their origin, initial visionaries and the challenges they faced and overcame. The book, Ormaetxea: A Biography in Dialogue, is one of the most inspiring books I have read about both the possibilities and realization of human potential. José Maria Ormaetxea was one of the original founders with Father Arizmendiarrieta, of the Mondragon Cooperatives in the Basque region of Spain. In the midst of national and world turmoil, it’s important to learn from people who not only overcame great obstacles (they began during Franco’s regime) but exceeded beyond all expectations!
As Uribe noted in the book, both Father Arizmendiarrieta and Jose Maria Oraetxea had the ability to anticipate the future by exploring every corner of the present and taking the necessary steps to achieve their goals. Through the many interviews that Uribe and Isasti conducted with Ormaetxea before he passed on, we are able to see a step-by-step process that not only changed business but an entire culture. Overcoming the poverty and hardship of the 1940s and 1950s, the visionaries and builders of Mondragon transformed an entire society with the principles of solidarity, collaboration, and empathy. Learning how others overcame adversity and built a new social structure that triumphed over the repression of the Franco era is just the kind of information we need today. Don’t miss this relevant and uplifting interview with Isabel Uribe! Indeed, another world is possible!
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