Work is broken.
Be the one brave enough
to fix it.
The data is brutal: According to Gallup 79% of employees aren't fully engaged, 26% experiencing burnout and nearly 60% feel their work serves no meaningful purpose.
These aren’t “people problems.”
They’re design problems created by hierarchy, bureaucracy, and outdated management systems built for a world that no longer exists.
The companies that replace hierarchy the right way? They’re pulling ahead. Fast.
This is why companies are
abandoning hierarchy
While others debate theory, a growing wave of organizations has already transformed. The approach we teach in this masterclass delivered these results in the first two years (across 100+ companies):
Tired of empty transformation talk? Same.
No academics theorizing. No consultants selling recycled frameworks.
This is 6 weeks of proven methods from Rebels who've actually done it - distilled into a practical, no-BS implementation plan.
For founders, transformation leads, and changemakers who need results, not buzzwords.
Learn from the companies who actually do it.
Good intentions don't replace hierarchy but proven structures do. After a decade studying 200+ pioneering organizations, we've identified exactly what works.
This is beyond concepts. We'll give you implementation tools for building systems based on trust, ownership, and autonomy that deliver measurable results.
No abstract theories that fall apart in practice. No recycled management fads. Just tried and tested approaches from organizations getting real results.
6 weeks that will transform your organization forever
After completing the Masterclass, you'll be equipped to create the workplace you've always wanted to lead:
- A place where people find meaning and purpose in their daily work
- Where conflicts become catalysts for innovation instead of sources of toxicity
- Where accountability comes from shared purpose, not management oversight
- Where smart structures support autonomy without creating chaos
- Where the organization can adapt rapidly to changes without sacrificing alignment
You'll achieve this through:
- Exact replacement structures for hierarchy (not theories - implementation blueprints)
- A transformation roadmap that prevents the common failures that derail most attempts
- Direct insights from pioneers who've overcome the exact challenges you're facing
- Lifetime access to a global alumni network who speak your language
But don’t just
take our word for it...
How the Masterclass works
Weekly case-study module: on-demand lessons released each week, built around a pioneer organization (Buurtzorg, Viisi, Haier, NER Group, Transformation).
Weekly pioneer q&a: live session to “visit” each company and ask their leaders anything.
Weekly reflection session: Group session with a Corporate Rebels expert to apply the lessons to your own context.
Weekly assignments: A transformation roadmap to help you translate each week’s content into practical steps for your own organization.
Small cohort (up to 40 leaders): a focused group of founders, HR leaders, and transformation pioneers from around the world.
Expert support: a Corporate Rebels expert is available throughout the cohort to answer questions and help you stay on track.
Live, interactive learning: meet online twice a week to share experiences, challenge assumptions, and learn from diverse perspectives.
Global peer network: join a larger community of 1,200+ self-management pioneers across 38+ countries.
Content overview
Week 1: Purpose & principles
Content
Week 1 is your introduction to progressive organizational design. There’s no silver bullet or one-size-fits-all solution, but there are several powerful alternatives to traditional hierarchy. We explore bossless organizations structured around different types of morality: community sharing, equality matching and market dynamics.
These different models come to life through real-world case studies featured throughout the masterclass.
In this first week, we introduce a practical framework with key components for replacing hierarchy and building modern organizations:
- Purpose
- Principles
- Building blocks
- Roles & responsibilities
- Information sharing
- Reward distribution
Live sessions
- Live session 1 is all about introductions. Getting to know your classmates, your facilitator, the founders of Corporate Rebels, the tools we'll be using, and more.
- In the second session, we reflect on the course content and specifically zoom into 'purpose and principles' and how to leverage them in a simple yet powerful way.
Week 2: Building blocks
Content
In Week 2, we zoom in on the “building blocks” of modern organizational design. One of the most important? Teams with real autonomy. We explore how to set them up, what works (and what doesn’t), and how to design your organization around empowered, decentralized teams.
Case study
This week's case study is one of the most iconic and successful examples of a bossless organization: Buurtzorg.
Buurtzorg is a healthcare organization with 15,000 employees and zero managers. We explore their principles and practices and deep dive into how they’ve set up their organizational structure and their 1,000+ self-managing teams.
Live sessions
- In this week's live Q&A, you can ask your questions directly to some of Buurtzorg's key members.
- As we reflect in this week's 2nd live session, we dive into the do's and don'ts of the building blocks of self-managing organizations.
Week 3: Roles & responsibilities
Content
The focus of week 3 is on 'roles & responsibilities', another key component of successful bossless organizations. This becomes even more important when scaling up.
We explore how to do it, how to share it, and how to set up a process to keep updating and refining roles as the organization evolves.
Case study
This week’s case study is Viisi, a self-managing financial services company. We explore their unique implementation of Holacracy, how they’ve moved beyond it, and how they have organized their roles & responsibilities.
Live sessions
- In this week's live Q&A, you can dive into all the details with Viisi's self-organization coach Marc-Peter Pijper.
- Roles and responsibilities is the main topic of this week's reflection session. What can we learn from Viisi? How can that be turned into an approach that works for your company?
Week 4: Information sharing
Content
Week 4 is all about 'information sharing'. Important in any organization, but even more so when running a highly decentralized and bossless one.
We explore the power of a clean and simple 'operating rhythm', the power of technology, and the potential of an internal marketplace.
Case study
What better example than Haier, the 80,000-employee manufacturing company. This global giant is pushing decentralization to the extreme with its network of 80,000 entrepreneurs. We learn about their unique 'rendanheyi' model, microenterprises, microcommunities, and how they ‘export’ their model to other countries.
Learn from the successes and failures of the world's most pioneering company of our times.
Live sessions
- Ask all your questions directly to Haier's internal researchers and way of working experts in this week's live Q&A session.
- As we gather for another reflection session, we explore which elements from Haier's 'rendanheyi' model can be beneficial to your organization.
Week 5: Reward distribution
Content
Week 5 dives into reward distribution—one of the trickiest parts of modern organizational design. If you want your reward structures to truly reflect your values, you’ll need to do things differently than traditional organizations. And yes, it can be done.
Case study
We learn all about NER Group (a Spanish group of 25+ flat organizations). We discuss self-management, radical transparency, self-selected leaders, and their powerful approach to salaries and profit sharing.
In particular, we learn from Panelfisa, one of the pioneering manufacturing firms within NER Group.
Live sessions
- In the Q&A session, you can ask your questions to the person who has been leading Panelfisa for 30 years: Satur Ormazabal.
- The reflection session zooms in on what all participants have learned from Panelfisa's approach to running a bossless organization.
Week 6: Transformation strategies
Content
In the final week of the Masterclass, we explore several transformation strategies. From step-by-step approaches used by large corporates to the more radical strategies applied by small and medium-sized businesses.
Exploring several approaches, you'll get a good grasp of the details, pros and cons of each, and the do's & don'ts.
Case studies
We learn from Fujitsu and Bosch how they’ve successfully reinvented parts of their organizations to become more progressive. In more detail, we dive into the approach used by K2K. This Spanish company has transformed 50+ small and medium-sized organizations through a radical, but highly successful, approach to change.
Live sessions
- In this week's Q&A, you talk to one of the members of K2K to discuss all the intricate details of their transformation approach.
- The final reflection session focuses on the transformation of your (client's) organization. Turning the lessons into an actionable approach to change.
Bring the masterclass
in-house
Run the Masterclass exclusively for your organization—at a time that suits you.
Interested? Drop us a line at info@corporate-rebels.com
Who's Behind Corporate Rebels?
In 2016, we left our frustrating corporate jobs. We were disillusioned with the slow, uninspiring corporate world and embarked on a journey to discover and study organizations that operate in radically different ways.
After creating a comprehensive list of workplace pioneers, we began traveling the globe to visit and research alternative work approaches. We interviewed management experts, explored over 200 self-managing organizations, and collaborated with academics who demonstrated that many organizations are structured in hopelessly outdated ways.
More encouragingly, we uncovered substantial evidence that success for both companies and employees is achievable - when we fundamentally rethink the way we work.
What does Corporate Rebels do?
We collaborate with an exceptional team to assist organizations to reinvent the way they work.
We operate an online Academy, with this Masterclass as its flagship program, and we connect pioneering organizations through a global network.
Continuing our worldwide research on self-managing organizations, we deliver keynote speeches, conduct workshops, and organize events internationally. We author books, blog posts, and a newsletter.
We also manage a private equity firm named Krisos, where we acquire small and medium-sized enterprises and convert them into highly progressive organizations - using the exact structures found herein.
Additionally, as a company, we donate 10% of our profits to the Corporate Rebels Foundation - a charity dedicated to eliminating inhumane workplaces.
Though our activities vary, our goal remains consistent: to make work more fun.
Questions 
Answers
Common goals of Masterclass attendees:
- Gaining in-depth understanding of new ways of working and self-managing organizations
- Getting unrivaled access to detailed and practical case studies of pioneering organizations
- Being able to transform their organization from a traditional management approach to a progressive one
- Learning proven strategies for organizational change
- Connecting with fellow changemakers
Around 50% of our 300+ alumni are founders, CEOs, transformation leaders, people leaders, or similar for small and medium-sized organizations. They use the Masterclass to make practical changes in the way their company operates.
Roughly 20% are transformation leaders, agile coaches, and new ways of working experts of large organizations, and another ~20% are coaches, consultants, and advisors seeking to use the Masterclass to help their clients transform. The remaining 10% are mostly employees seeking to personally develop themselves.
Most attendees are between 35 - 60 years old. They come from a diverse range of industries, including manufacturing, engineering, finance, technology, marketing, healthcare, education, construction, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, hospitality, entertainment, energy, and manufacturing.
The Masterclass consists of 2 online live sessions per week, each lasting 2 hours. Along with these sessions, the text, video, and assignments can be completed at your convenience, taking approximately 6 hours. Thus, the total weekly time commitment for the Masterclass is approximately 10 hours.
When purchasing the Masterclass, you'll have a lifetime access to the material, the platform, the community, and monthly live events.
Yes, we do. In addition to our 'open' Masterclass sessions, we also offer the option of running it in-house. Many organizations prefer this option as it allows their people to learn together and apply the lessons learned as a team. If you're interested in having us conduct an in-house Masterclass for your organization, please contact us at info@corporate-rebels.com for more information.
Great news! Many of our students have been able to secure reimbursement from their company. Most companies offer a budget for Learning and Development or education that can cover the cost.
To make it easy for you to do the same, we've prepared a template that you can use to convince your manager or HR department. It lays out the benefits of the Academy and how it can be used to increase productivity and performance. Check out the template here.
Reach out to us at info@corporate-rebels.com for any help or guidance.
Yes, we back non-profits in their transformation journey. That’s why in every Masterclass, we offer one scholarship for someone working at a charity or non-profit.
The scholarship winner gets a heavily discounted rate: €1500 (excl. VAT).
If you are an employee of a non-profit organization and would like to apply for the scholarship, please email us at info@corporate-rebels.com and tell us how this course will help you drive real impact in your organization.
We run the Masterclass several times per year. Check out the upcoming cohorts (including dates and times) here.
Yes, we record the live Q&A sessions so you won't have to miss a thing.
Yes. Masterclass attendees get a lifetime access to all current and upcoming on-demand courses (worth €948).
Yes. There are various ways to connect with members in our community. Through monthly online events, direct messages, and our social media-like platform. These interactions allow you to exchange ideas, share experiences, and even collaborate on projects.
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