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Episodes about transparency

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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
Jabi Salcedo and Dunia Reverter - Leadermorphosis episode 53: Jabi Salcedo and Dunia Reverter on K2K’s 10 keys to becoming a self-managing organisation

Jabi Salcedo and Dunia Reverter on K2K’s 10 keys to becoming a self-managing organisation

Jabi Salcedo and Dunia Reverter are coordinators at K2K Emocionando, a Spanish consultancy that has transformed more than 85 organisations from traditional to self-managing over the last two decades. We talk about the radical components of their methodology, such as removing manager roles, balancing salaries, shared decision-making and profit sharing. Jabi and Dunia share what they’ve learned from the transformations they have been part of, the kinds of shifts they’ve seen, and what some of the biggest challenges can be.

Ep. 53 27 Aug 2020
Luz and Edwin - Leadermorphosis episode 48: Luz and Edwin from Ian Martin Group on adaptability in a crisis

Luz and Edwin from Ian Martin Group on adaptability in a crisis

Luz Iglesias, Director of Recruitment, and Edwin Jansen, Head of Corporate Development, work at Ian Martin Group, a self-managed, teal recruitment company with 400 employees across Canada and India. They share examples and stories of the initiatives, decisions and creativity that have sprung up in response to the COVID-19 pandemic without any central coordination, and how adaptability and humanity can flow freely in a self-organised system because of the mindset shift it facilitates. As former managers, they reflect on how liberating it is to distribute the responsibility of responding, strategising and taking care of people operations.

Ep. 48 29 Apr 2020
Sarah Houseman - Leadermorphosis episode 24: Sarah Houseman on new governance for the Anthropocene

Sarah Houseman on new governance for the Anthropocene

Researcher and entrepreneur Sarah Houseman shares insights from her PhD research into new governance systems in not for profit organisations. Looking at the lived experiences and practices of four non-hierarchical NGOs, we explore questions like “How we can see our organisations as systems?” and “How can we participate differently and unlearn dominative behaviours that have previously been rewarded in hierarchical organisations?” (The companies featured in her research are: Friends of the Earth Melbourne, Sustainable Economies Law Centre, The Pachamama Alliance and The Enspiral Foundation.)

Ep. 24 8 Nov 2018
Marin Petrov, Christian Haniszewski, Martina Petkov, Miglena Chervenkova & Stefan Doychev - Leadermorphosis episode 15: People from Hack and Paint on self-management in a remote team

People from Hack and Paint on self-management in a remote team

Marin Petrov and Christian Haniszewski have worked at some of the most creative companies in the world but wanted to create their own company with freedom at its core. Thus, Hack and Paint was born. I talked to Marin, Christian and three of their teammates, Martina Petkov, Miglena Chervenkova, and Stefan Doychev, about the challenges of working in a self-managing team, especially when no one is based in the same country. In particular, we talk about the importance of personal development, being human, and their experiences of Holacracy practices.

Ep. 15 27 Mar 2018
Samantha Slade - Leadermorphosis episode 10: Samantha Slade from Percolab on practicing self-management

Samantha Slade from Percolab on practicing self-management

Samantha Slade is the cofounder of Percolab, an international community of companies interested in exploring what the future of organisations can be. Based in Montreal, Canada, she is writing a book on the seven practices to help organisations become more horizontal and rewire us for self-management. In this episode, she shares some insights from the book; her journey as the cofounder of a living systems, self-managing organisation; and her thoughts on how it’s possible to reinvent financial models in business, including self-set salaries.

Ep. 10 30 Oct 2017
Helen Sanderson - Leadermorphosis episode 9: Helen Sanderson from HSA on reinventing home care

Helen Sanderson from HSA on reinventing home care

Helen Sanderson is a leader of several social enterprises specialising in “person-centred care.” She shares her story of stepping back as CEO of her company HSA to create a self-managing team and all the leadership and culture challenges they encountered along the way. Helen also announces a new and exciting project which involves self-managed well-being teams, à la Buurtzorg in the Netherlands, with an ambitious mission to scale from six to 600 in under three years. And beneath all of this is a deeply personal sense of purpose...

Ep. 9 11 Oct 2017