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Marc-Peter Pijper

Marc-Peter Pijper

Self-organization coach at Energized.org, and coordinator of the global Rebel Cell network.

About Marc-Peter

Marc-Peter helps mission-driven organizations make self-organization work in daily practice, usually over a longer period. He designs role structures and pay models with the people who will use them, and increasingly looks at how organizations introduce AI. His work spans the Netherlands and abroad, across the private and public sectors as well as NGOs. He is a member of the Energized.org cooperative.
 

At Viisi, he helped introduce Holacracy and build a transparent salary model based on equal pay. That experience is the background to most of his blogs here. He isn't tied to one method, and his approach is pragmatic: find the tension that needs solving, add no more structure than that requires, and take the next feasible step.

 

Within Corporate Rebels, he's coordinator of the global Rebel Cell network. Together with Diederick Janse, he runs the Dutch Rebel Cell.

At the Centre for Economic Transformation (CET) of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, he helped build the network around its Good Work research.

Education

  • Postgraduate programme in personal, interpersonal and systemic development (Phoenix Opleidingen)
  • European Business (MSc, ESCP Business School)
  • International Business (MSc, Asian Institute of Technology)
  • Communications (BA, Hanze University of Applied Sciences)

Articles written by Marc-Peter Pijper

Feb 23, 2025
Starting from Scratch: Rethinking Work, Hierarchy, and Purpose
Marc-Peter Pijper Written by Marc-Peter Pijper
Imagine this: you wake up in a hospital, surrounded by people who know you, but you don’t recognize any of them. Sounds like the plot of a…
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Jun 02, 2024
Self-Management Failed, Now What?
Marc-Peter Pijper Written by Marc-Peter Pijper
Self-management models are often seen as solutions to rigid, traditional corporate structures, promising greater innovation and employee…
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Dec 03, 2023
Rethinking the Status Quo of Annual Performance Reviews
Marc-Peter Pijper Written by Marc-Peter Pijper
Yesterday, I caught my son sneaking a cookie, lovingly baked by his twin sisters, from the jar just before dinner. As a parent, I had a…
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Sep 03, 2023
The Purpose Dance: Shared and Individual Beats at the Heart of Organizational Impact
Marc-Peter Pijper Written by Marc-Peter Pijper
My wife and I, accompanied by our friends, often enjoy attending music festivals. What unites us is our mutual love for live music and the…
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Jul 09, 2023
Bee-inspired Teamwork: Lessons for Organizational Success
Marc-Peter Pijper Written by Marc-Peter Pijper
As a young parent, I often find myself watching the "Maya the Bee" cartoon with my three children. It's actually quite an enjoyable program…
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Apr 15, 2023
From Quiet to Conscious Quitting: Should You Stay or Should You Go?
Marc-Peter Pijper Written by Marc-Peter Pijper
Are my twin 9-year-old daughters old enough for an iPhone? Their argument is that literally EVERYONE in their class already has one, but I…
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