350 leaders. Two days. One mission: build better workplaces.

The Corporate Rebels Summit is the annual in-person gathering of the Rebel Cells network. 350 leaders from organizations across 30+ countries come to Amsterdam to swap what's actually working inside their companies: decentralization, distributed decision-making, purpose-driven structures. Most of what happens at the summit comes from the attendees themselves: the sessions they host, the cases they share, the problems they put on the table for the group to work on.

What two days at the summit actually looks like

Hosted by people who've actually built it
Every session is led by someone running a pioneering organization. They share what's working inside their company, including the messy bits they usually keep off LinkedIn.
Honest stories from the inside
Founders and rebels walk through the experiments that worked and the ones that flopped. The room is closed, so the honest version comes out.
Workshop the thing you're stuck on
Bring a real challenge from your organization. Sit with peers who've been through it before and leave with ideas worth trying.
What happens between the sessions
Often the most useful part. Lunches that stretch into the afternoon, dinners that run late, and beers at the bar long after the program ends.

Speakers

The rebels on stage

Ricardo Semler

The End of the Boss

Bill Anderson

Radically Transforming an 80,000-People Organization

Francesca Moriani

How to Build a Skills-Based Organization

Shin Shibata

How We Abolished Managers

Vidhya Abhijith

AI in a Self-Managed Org

Rodrigo Ventre

Organizing Waste Collection Without Managers

Marina Revuelta

The Future of the Corporate Rebels Network

Joost Minnaar

The Four Ways to Run a Deeply Human Company

Helen Sanderson

Performance Management Without Managers

Pim de Morree

The Four Ways to Run a Deeply Human Company

Jorge Silva

Build a Delegation Board

Rosien van Toor

How Ten Members Set Pay Without Managers

Lisa Gill

Mapping the Movement

Pascal Dulex

Raising Rebels

Francesco Frugiele

Consent Decision-Making by Doing It

Karin Teneliuss

Conflict Resolution Process

Lisa Schemmerling

How Four Companies Changed Who Legally Owns Them

Diederick Janse

Help Needed! Stop Hierarchy Creeping Back

Ellen Brownings

Giving Difficult Feedback

Philipp Mäntele

SINA: Self-Management, Experienced

Alberto Urtaza

The Growth Ceiling Was Us

Frédéric Losfeld

How to Support a Former Manager to Let Go

Joost Schouten

AI in a Self-Managed Org

Maria Skanselid

Conflict Resolution Process

Etienne Salborn

SINA: Self-Management, Experienced

Emma de Blok

Host

Thomas Schefer

Raising Rebels

Testimonials

Summit program

Full schedule

Everything Keynotes Collaboration Connection

Thursday 19 November

08:30Arrival & registration

09:00Welcome + Pioneers From Around the World: quick talks + panel

10:15Speed dating

11:00Coffee break

11:30Collaboration round 1

12:30Lunch

14:00Ricardo Semler: The End of the Boss

15:00Collaboration round 2

16:15Eric Ries (virtual): Incorruptible – Protecting a Company's Purpose

16:45–17:00Wrap-up of the day

19:00–23:00Dinner & social time

Friday 20 November

08:30Arrival & coffee

09:00Corporate Porn

09:15Francesca Moriani: How to Build a Skills-Based Organization + panel on self-management and AI

10:15Break & connection time

10:45Collaboration round 3

12:00Bill Anderson: Radically Transforming an 80,000-People Organization

13:00Lunch

14:30Collaboration round 4

15:30First Print: The Four Ways to Run a Deeply Human Company Exclusive pre-launch

16:30–18:30Drinks & social time

21:00–lateOptional: After party

Thu 19 Nov09:00

Pioneers in our networkPioneers From Around the WorldQuick talks from pioneering companies in our network, from every corner of the globe, followed by a panel on what it really takes to run things differently.

Thu 19 Nov14:00

Ricardo SemlerThe End of the BossThe Semco legend on what happens when you stop managing people and let them run the place, with plenty of room for your questions.

Thu 19 Nov16:15

Eric Ries (virtual)Incorruptible: Protecting a Company's PurposeThe author of The Lean Startup joins us live on screen to share lessons from his new book on building companies that stay true to their mission.

Fri 20 Nov09:15

Francesca Moriani (Var Group)How to Build a Skills-Based OrganizationWhat happens when work is organized around people's skills rather than job titles, and how AI speeds up the shift.Followed by a panelSelf-Management and AIWhat AI means for roles, decisions and autonomy in organizations without bosses.

Fri 20 Nov12:00

Bill Anderson (Bayer)Radically Transforming an 80,000-People OrganizationWhat happens when a global giant takes on bureaucracy at scale.

Fri 20 Nov15:30

Exclusive pre-launchPim de Morree & Joost MinnaarFirst Print: The Four Ways to Run a Deeply Human CompanyThe summit closes with the launch of our new book, for the community first. Humans work together in four very different ways, yet nearly every company runs on just one: the boss. Everyone in the room takes home an advance copy, months before the book reaches the rest of the world.

Round 1

Thursday · 11:30

Mapping the Movement: Which Practices Are Growing and Which Are DyingLisa GillTen years of Corporate Rebels: map the health of the movement together, and how it differs from country to country.

Learn Consent Decision-Making by Doing ItFrancesco Frugiuele & Datise BiasiPractise the method in a playful role-play and feel what it changes about how a group decides.

Explore How Self-Management Can Help “Crash” the Growth CeilingAlberto Urtaza & Maria SkanselidWhat would change if you stopped deciding in advance how far your teams could go? Starting from KIMUA's 5x growth.

Pay Lab: Experiment with Setting Pay DifferentlyRosien van ToorA simulation where your table sets next year's pay, and you see how the rules of pay shape the outcome.

Round 2

Thursday · 15:00

Company Ownership Design: Keeping Purpose at the Core Through Succession and BeyondLisa Schemmerling & Gijsbert KorenSteward ownership as an alternative to selling to the highest bidder, with real cases and financing paths.

How to Support a Former Manager to Let GoFrédéric Losfeld & Travis MarshA physical game on control and autonomy: what makes us take control, and what it does to others.

Performance Management Without ManagersHelen SandersonTry Confirmation Practices: short peer conversations on how you're doing on what you chose to improve.

Raising Rebels: Preparing Young People for a Different World of WorkPascal Dulex & Thomas ScheferHow to upgrade apprenticeships so young people leave ready to shape the workplaces of tomorrow.

Round 3

Friday · 10:45

AI in a Self-Managed Org: Who Decides What Gets Deployed?Vidhya Abhijith & Joost SchoutenHow AI and role-based work can reinforce each other, and where they may pull apart.

Exploring Power in Self-Management – Through the Lens of Gender and BeyondAndrea Dennis & Charlotte van LeeuwenUsing gender as a lens to spot the less visible forms of power that remain when hierarchy shifts.

SINA Interactive Experience with Self-ManagementPhilipp Mäntele & Etienne SalbornExperience self-management first-hand, drawn from what the Social Innovation Academy in Uganda has learned.

Help Needed! Crowdsource Ways to Stop Hierarchy Creeping BackDiederick Janse & Stephanie Dahl-WissmannWhy hierarchy keeps coming back, and ideas to weaken the dysfunctional kinds.

Round 4

Friday · 14:30

Future of the Corporate Rebels NetworkMarina Revuelta & Marc Peter PijperA constellation session to uncover what the community needs to take its next step.

Delegation Board: A First Concrete Step to Decentralize DecisionsJorge Silva & Datise BiasiPlay delegation poker and leave with a kit to run the board with your team on Monday.

Learn and Practice a Conflict Resolution ProcessKarin Tenelius & Maria SkanselidLearn a process for working through conflict, and practise it yourself.

Let’s Talk About the Awkward Stuff: Better Feedback, Braver ConversationsEllen BrowningPractise saying the hard thing with honesty and care, and feel what it is like to receive it.

Why Amsterdam?

The summit comes to the Netherlands after Sevilla and Barcelona. Home of the largest local cell, home of the Corporate Rebels team, and the right city for two days of compact, in-person exchange. This year doubles as our ten-year anniversary and the launch of the newest Corporate Rebels book.

Recommended stay: 18-21 November.

Is this for you?

✅ You'll feel at home here if:

You lead or work inside an organization moving away from traditional hierarchy
You want to connect with peers doing the same
You believe transformation happens through practice, not theory
You're ready to share your own mess as well as your successes
You come to contribute, not just consume. The summit runs on what attendees bring to it.

❌ This isn't the right fit if:

You're looking for keynote inspiration without commitment
You're hoping for one-time conference inspiration. The summit is for people committed to belong to a tight-knit community.

The summit is two days.
The network is
the rest of the year.

The Corporate Rebels Summit is the once-a-year moment where all Rebel Cells from around the world gather in person. The rest of the year, members meet in local cells and exchange in global peer groups matched by industry and size.

Membership includes:

2 tickets to the annual summit
Regular local cell meetups
Global peer group calls
Full access to a resource hub with courses and case studies

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Two days comparing notes with the peers building the world's most pioneering organizations

Two days in Amsterdam with 350 leaders from the world's most progressive organizations. Fellow pioneers, and the ones still finding their way. Join the community where doing things differently stops feeling lonely. 19–20 November 2026.

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