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Episodes about Ricardo Semler

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Ruth Waterfield and Taryn Burden and Philippa Kindon - Leadermorphosis episode 82: Ruth, Taryn and Philippa from Mayden, a health tech company that's Made Without Managers

Ruth, Taryn and Philippa from Mayden, a health tech company that's Made Without Managers

Three authors of the book ‘Made Without Managers: One Company’s Journey to New Ways of Working’ join me to talk about what they have learned at Mayden, a cloud based health tech solutions organisation in the UK. Ruth Waterfield (developer and scrum master), Taryn Burden (product owner of Mayden’s new ways of working) and Philippa Kindon (coach) share how Mayden’s ways of working have evolved over the years, including what career progression looks like, the role of directors in a bossless organisation, and what have been their biggest challenges.

Ep. 82 11 Jan 2023
Matt Perez - Leadermorphosis episode 74: Matt Perez on going from a fiat hierarchy to a radical company without bosses or employees

Matt Perez on going from a fiat hierarchy to a radical company without bosses or employees

Matt Perez realised that his successful career as a boss in a Silicon Valley tech company had made him a worse person and so he co-founded Nearsoft in 2007 to be a company that works for everyone. His recent book, Radical Companies Without Bosses or Employees, takes self-organisation one step further to include co-ownership so that people aren’t dependent on what he calls ‘enlightened monarchs.’ We talk about what he’s been learning, including the development of a distribution mechanism that decentralises ownership and supports egalitarian and equitable wealth sharing based on contribution.

Ep. 74 6 May 2022
Ved Krishna - Leadermorphosis episode 42: Ved Krishna on self-management in an Indian paper factory

Ved Krishna on self-management in an Indian paper factory

Ved Krishna is Strategy Head at Yash Pakka, a compostable tableware manufacturer based in Faizabad, India that has been experimenting with organisational self-management since 1999. Ved talks with a lot of heart and honesty about his journey of taking over the family business, then firing himself as CEO and now working from a place of deeper purpose. He also shares the ups and downs of trying to develop self-management in a culture where hierarchy is very strongly ingrained.

Ep. 42 3 Feb 2020
Tom van der Lubbe - Leadermorphosis episode 28: Tom van der Lubbe on salaries and purpose in self-managing organisations

Tom van der Lubbe on salaries and purpose in self-managing organisations

Tom van der Lubbe, the co-founder of a small, Dutch mortgage advice company called Viisi, had an existential crisis at a young age and has been conscious of doing purposeful work ever since. We talk about the science of motivation and management and how Viisi has developed a simple but powerful approach to salaries. He also shares his thoughts on adapting the organisational self-management system Holacracy and how to create an honest feedback culture where the responsibility sits with teams and individuals, not managers.

Ep. 28 24 Feb 2019