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The Business Case For Remote Work

2 days ago - Written by Pim

Global Workplace Analytics published a comprehensive report on the benefits to employers, employees, the environment, and society. The findings are crystal clear: remote work is here to stay.

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Reinventing The NHS: Removing The Shackles Of Bureaucracy

5 days ago - Written by BrendanMartinBuurtzorg

How are work outcomes affected by the treatment of those who do it? I have been exploring this question for ~50 years. In that time, one comment stuck with me more than any other. It was made in 1998 when I interviewed a group of men in Indianapolis who had redesigned most of the US city’s waste collection and disposal operations. “We are no longer expected to park our brains at the door when we come to work.”

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The Corporate Rebels Webshop Is Live!

1 week ago - Written by Pim

Today, we're launching the official Corporate Rebels webshop—the perfect place to order our books and merchandise. So join the workplace revolution, make a statement for better work, and look cooler than you ever have before. Oh, and you’ll also support a charity while you're at it. What's not to like?

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How To Build A Start-Up Culture In A Large Company

1 week ago - Written by Joost

In a recent post, I described how Haier is the biggest start-up factory in the world. Over the last decade, Haier has restructured their organization into digital platforms, autonomous teams (internally called micro-enterprises), and micro-communities of internal teams and external partners (internally called EMCs). This allows for rapid innovation and represents a launching pad for entrepreneurs and start-ups. In this post, I will share a case study of one such start-up.

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Zappos's Evolution: From Holacracy To Market-Based Dynamics

2 weeks ago - Written by Joost

Roughly five years ago, we loaded into a campervan and drove throughout California to visit companies like Google, Morning Star and Patagonia. We wanted to learn everything about their unique ways of doing things. While most of this trip occurred in California, we also wound up making a side-trek into Nevada to visit Zappos at their headquarters in Las Vegas. It was an interesting experience—they had been working with Holacracy for some time, and employees’ opinions about that organizational experiment were a somewhat mixed bag. Some liked it; most were skeptical. Much has happened since then.

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DISC And MBTI SUCK — Except For One Thing

2 weeks ago - Written by Lennardtoma

DISC and MBTI are the two most popular personality tools around, even though neither make any sense at all. Rebels, I hope you're not using them. And if you are, why?

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