Part 1 - Seeing the need to close | The How

In this first part of the Closing Greaterthan Series, Elena Denaro and Alícia Trepat Pont discuss the moments in which they and other members realise the need to close the collective. They then start discussing the conditions that led the collective to such a situation. The voices of several Greaterthan Alumni discussing these same questions can be heard at the end of the episode. More on Greaterthan and its story here: https://greaterthan.my.canva.site This series is about leadership, conflict, tensions, closing entrepreneurial endeavours in self-organising / self-management settings. Timestamps 00:07 – Introduction 03:49 – Why talk about endings 07:41 – When did it become clear it was over? 09:58 – Elena's three moments 16:49 – Alícia's moment 17:53 – Other members' moments 22:46 – There was no single moment: the ending and the continuations happened at the same time. 23:52 – Conditions, part 1: rigidity over time. 27:12 – A sense of inevitability 31:08 – The "growing lack of coherence" pattern 33:28 – Conditions, part 2: geographic spread. 37:35 – Ageing, family life and care responsibilities 39:16 – Three extreme levers: geographic spread, a relational way of organizing, and bespoke work. 41:37 – Diversity versus a shared "red thread" 44:18 – Market and funding pressure 46:25 – Business versus community 48:36 – Greaterthan Alumni voices