#NOEMPLOYEESEliminating the divide between managers and programmers

& Antti Kirjavainen Juha Heimonen

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We are not 20 anymore.

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WE KNOW...... How we'd like things to be

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Mastery – Autonomy – Purpose

Holistic responsibility

Total self-organization

Collaboration

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WE HAVE TRIED ...... Many, many things

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Team-building exercises

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VISION AND MISSIONSTATEMENTS

As a company, and as individuals, we value integrity, honesty,openness, personal excellence, constructive self-criticism,continual self-improvement, and mutual respect. We are

committed to our customers and partners and have a passion fortechnology. We take on big challenges, and pride ourselves on

seeing them through. We hold ourselves accountable to ourcustomers, shareholders, partners, and employees by honoringour commitments, providing results, and striving for the highest

quality.

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Agile Transformations

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Merit Money

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And many more...

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LOT'S OF CHANGES!image: CC BY­SA 2.0 by Solarisgirl

RESULTS?Sure, we've made progress in some places

But it has been a long hard journey

And in most places the status quo prevails

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WHERE DOES THISRESISTANCE COME

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Employees, managers and owners

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Tayloristic model of management

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Conflicting needs of employees and owners

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Conflicting needs of employees and owners

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CAUSES OFRESISTANCE

Binary division of labor between employees and managers

Conflicting needs between employees and owners

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SIMPLIFYimage: CC BY­SA 2.0 by Solarisgirl

COULD THERE BEREALLY SIMPLE

SOLUTION?image: CC BY­SA 2.0 by Solarisgirl

OUR SIMPLESTTHING

#NoEmployees

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#NOEMPLOYEES?image: CC BY­SA 2.0 by Solarisgirl

Employees, managers and owners

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Employees, managers and owners

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Employees, managers and owners

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#NOEMPLOYEESFellows

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HOW?Shared ownership

Access to shared ownership to new fellows

Shared work

Transparency

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Shared ownership

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Access to shared ownership to new fellows

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Shared work

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Transparency

THE WHY'Simage: CC BY­SA 2.0 by Solarisgirl

Instant responsibility, instant self-organization

Ability to rapidly bring out and publish results and experiences

No brand

Scaling is super easy!

WHAT'S IN THIS FORYOU?

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How will the future pan out?

Maybe we’ve taken the wrong learning from the success ofavant-garde 21st century companies

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Maybe old (and big) dogs cannot learn new tricks

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Maybe we just need more new dogs instead.

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THE SHIFT ISALREADY

HAPPENINGBig companies need cutting-edge creative and knowledge work

done.

They turn to the small companies that have new ways ofworking.

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YOUR FUTURE #1?Alternative to big companies?

Networks of small #NoEmployees companies.

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YOUR FUTURE #2?Alternative way of helping corporations to enterprise

transformations?

Offer stuff they cannot do as services

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THANK YOU

Juha:

Antti:

www.flowa.fi

@FlowaWolf

@evilbubu

@anttiki

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