Ben Bogie is one of the leading voices in the building industry today, and he’s particularly keen to learn from his elders. John Abrams is an industry luminary, having run a successful business that built everything from housing co-ops to luxury homes over a 50-year span, focusing equally on designing and building smart, high-quality homes, being a great employer, practicing environmentally responsible building, and serving the community. He recently turned leadership of the company over to his fellow employee-owners and shifted his focus to helping others achieve similar goals. Join us for Ben’s live interview with John Abrams.
- John Abrams: In 1975, John co-founded South Mountain Company (SMCo) on Martha’s Vineyard. Fifty years later, this 40-person worker co-op is among the world’s highest-scoring B-Corps. SMCo is a design-build firm that practices integrated architecture, building, and solar-energy design. On Dec 31, 2022, John relinquished his company ownership and co-founded Abrams+Angell, providing guidance to small businesses hoping to achieve social, environmental, and financial goals. John is a co-founder, facilitator, and steering committee member of Building Energy Bottom Lines; he engages in a variety of forms of community activism mostly involving affordable housing and serves on the steering committee and executive committee of The Coalition to Create the Martha’s Vineyard Housing Bank. John is the author of Companies We Keep: Employee Ownership and the Business of Community and Place, and From Founder to Future: A Business Roadmap to Impact, Longevity, and Employee Ownership, released this June. You can find John at abramsangell.com.
