#NoEmployeesliminating the divide etween managers and
programmers
& Antti Kirjavainen Juha Heimonen
HI WILDCARD!image: Universal Studios, fair use
What's this about?
We'd like to tell aout another wa of working.
Which might have even more significant impact
than adopting agile was of working.
To encourage ou to explore
If ou want to find a situation
where ou can do what ou love
In the wa ou think is right
To look past the ovious options
Mae we’ve taken the wrong learning from thesuccess of avant-garde 21st centur companies
We went to the Big Dogsmpowered people
uilt self-organizing teams
Transformed to Agile
Made them SAFe
Mae ig (and old) dogs cannot learn new tricksimage: Image is public domain.
Mae we just need more new dogs instead.image: CC BY-ND 2.0 by dakotawinters
The shift is alreadyhappening
ig companies need cutting-edge creative andknowledge work done.
The turn to the small companies that have newwas of working.
Other signalsWage transparenc
Flat organizations
(though, not man of them reall are)
Reall innovative organizations
#NoEmployeesOur kind of new dog!
Could there be reallysimple solution?
Our simplest thingNomploees
Taloristic model of management
NoEmployeesFellows
How?Shared ownership
Access to shared ownership to new fellows
Shared work
Transparenc
Access to shared ownership to new fellows
Transparenc
What about the impacts
A Real Freedom + Responsiilit situation
Profit (eventuall)
Fellowship ... not restricted to our own compan!
Fellowship overboundaries
We kind of hoped for something like this
What emerged took us surprise
In a good wa
Partners in selling, people want to sell ouroffering.
Cool venture collaoration opportunities
Collaoration opportunities x 4, everone of usgrows our network for real
The issue of growth
Capitalism wants ou to do it
Starting great things is exciting
Pass the good around
NOT scaling upwards
not in personnel count for example
The idea is to increase impact, right?
We scale outwards!
Towards the network of similar mindedorganizations and people.
growing new pods, encouraging teams with avision and good setup.
uurtzorg stle!
Trust#Nomploees grows trust
We are not seen as competition, ut ascollaorators.
Which actuall optimizes things as a whole quitemuch for everone.
Our Current Challenges
COMMUNICATION!Takes a lot of time
Yet not an overhead and should not e treatedas such
Shared purposeFreedom vs. Shared Focus
Alignment
Survival vs. GreatnessTraditional topic
We'd like to create something lasting
Taking on opportunities means taking on risk
Minimum viableorganizationWhat structure is needed?
Awa from consensus
merging planning
eers soon!
Just few slides :)
How can you get do whatyou love in your own
way?
There are alternatives to teaching old dogs newtricks
Organization or rand is small
People are ig and great!
e our super self!
Design the sstem for mutual greatness!
You can uild trust and partnerships
It is easier if our model is not the same aseverone elses
Last WordsWe need more experiments on organizations
That means to us
Organizations as experiments
Thank You
Juha:
Antti:
TW: we are alwas looking for collaopportunities!
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