to corporate rebels.
In 2016 they left their corporate careers and started visiting organizations that work differently. Ten years, 200+ organizations, and six continents later, their work is taught as case studies at Harvard Business School and INSEAD, their books are published in 15+ languages, and they hold a Thinkers50 Radar Award. Through Krisos, the company they co-founded, they now buy traditional companies and transform them into self-managing organizations, with real money and real P&Ls on the line.
“The Corporate Rebels are a rare breed: thoughtful, profound thinkers and investigators of the upcoming workplace.”
“I have long been a fan of the Corporate Rebels. They provide a no-nonsense, practical, and thought-provoking perspective on the world of work.”
What it's like in the room
Pim and Joost take an audience inside organizations most people have only read about, and show how those places actually run from the inside. The stories are specific and the implications are hard to wave away. People leave equipped: a framework they can use, cases they can point to, and a clear read on what their own organization is getting wrong and what to put in its place. Expect provocation, uncomfortable questions, and high energy.
Corporations need disrupting, and the business world needs the Corporate Rebels. They are a timely and very welcome wake up call.
The keynotes
and real-world transformation.
How the world's best organizations actually work
The signature keynote.
For a decade we've gone inside 200+ of the world's most progressive organizations, on six continents, across every industry and size. The same pattern keeps showing up. This keynote maps what separates these pioneers from everyone else, through the eight trends shaping the future of work, and gives your audience the first practical steps to start moving.
Born to work together
NewThe new keynote, from the forthcoming book.
For most of human history, people organized without bosses, long before anyone drew an org chart. Anthropology offers three durable models from that past, and our soon-to-be-published book Born to Work Together maps them onto the modern company, showing that the most human way to organize is also the most successful. The book is out February 2027, and booking windows around the launch are limited.
How we buy companies and remove the bosses
The proof keynote.
Through Krisos, the company we co-founded, we buy traditional companies and transform them: no managers, open books, and profit and power shared with everyone. This keynote is the honest account of what holds up when those ideas meet a real business, a real team, and a real P&L, and what any leader can take from it.
Who you're booking.
Pim
de Morree
Pim studied Industrial Engineering and Innovation Management at Eindhoven and left a corporate career in 2016, for the same reason Joost did: good work stuck inside an outdated system. He co-founded Corporate Rebels and co-authored two books. He also co-founded Krisos, where they buy traditional companies and rebuild them as self-managing organizations, the place where the ideas get tested for real. On stage he is the storyteller, turning a decade of research into something a room can act on.
Joost
Minnaar
Joost completed a Master's in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the University of Barcelona, then left a corporate job there in 2016 to co-found Corporate Rebels with Pim. He has spent the decade since inside the world's most progressive organizations, and few people have spent more time inside self-managing companies than he has. On stage he is at his best in conversation and Q&A, where the depth of the research shows.
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Yes. Our keynotes work in person and virtually. In person hits harder.
English and Dutch.
Worldwide. For Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas we prefer bundled trips, so flag your dates early.
A stage, a mic, and an audience that's ready to question how work works. The full technical rider follows later.
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