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Dec 04, 2025
Revolutions Don't Start in Boardrooms. They Start With Beer
Joost Minnaar Written by Joost Minnaar
At our annual Corporate Rebels Summit last month, Jos de Blok (founder of Buurtzorg) shared something beautifully simple. He said the…
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Dec 18, 2025
The Five Development Stages to Make Self-Management Thrive
Pim de Morree Written by Pim de Morree
Last week, I shared with you the animated video about SINA and their radically different way of working. It's an extremely inspiring…
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Jan 01, 2026
Why 2026 Might Be a Turning Point For Radically Decentralized Organizations
Joost Minnaar Written by Joost Minnaar
It’s the first day of the year. A new start and a fresh calendar. And hopefully for you, a (temporarily) quiet inbox. It’s the kind of…
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Jan 15, 2026
The Blame Game: How Bureaucracy Eats Responsibility
Joost Minnaar Written by Joost Minnaar
You’ve seen this before. Something goes wrong at work: a project stalls, a system crashes, a customer complains. Suddenly, the question…
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Feb 05, 2026
Why “They” is The Most Dangerous Word at Work
Joost Minnaar Written by Joost Minnaar
Two weeks ago, I ​shared​ the lessons of Bill Gore and the case of W.L. Gore & Associates: the legendary example I recently re-read in…
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Mar 09, 2026
Learned Helplessness at Work: Why Removing Hierarchy Isn't Enough
Joost Minnaar Written by Joost Minnaar
A great new academic paper on self-managing organizations was just published. It's one of those papers I secretly wish I had written…
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Mar 09, 2026
Positive vs Negative Freedom in Organizations: The Distinction That Changes Everything
Joost Minnaar Written by Joost Minnaar
In 1941, Erich Fromm published Escape from Freedom to understand something that puzzled him: why people sometimes flee from freedom when…
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