Talk by @petervan at the Enterprise 2.0 Summit in Paris on 12 Feb 2014.

1. Corporate Rebels United
The Start of a Corporate Spring?
Picture credit: Ozark Henry
@petervan

4. Inspire other people
to dream

5. SILENCE

6. YOUR DREAM

10. QWAN
Quality Without A Name

12. Problem
Our organizations no longer serve our
needs. They cannot keep pace with a highvelocity, hyper-connected world. They no
longer can do what we need them to do.
Change is required

14. He said:
“Laura,
you are successful
when in 3 months time
there are 70,000 people
at my door complaining
what this bloody women is doing in my company!”

17. www.corporaterebelsunited.com

19. We are Protagonists
“To rebel is to push against something. To
lead is to advocate for an idea. To rebel is
to say “heck no.” To lead is to say “we will.”
To rebel is to deny the authority of others.
To lead is to invoke your own authority. A
protagonist is a principal champion of a
cause or program or action. The
protagonist does not wait for permission
to lead, innovate, or strategize. They do
what is right for the firm, without regard
to status. Their goal is to do what’s good
for the whole.
Nilofer Merchant

20. Starting Point
We love our organizations
and want them to succeed
in this high-velocity, hyper-connected world

21. Ultimate Goal
To find, articulate the drivers and values of
"a modern, 21st century organization”
and to live, promote, and breathe them every
day in our own organization and networks.
AT ALL LEVELS

22. Manifesto
Relentlessly
Challenging the status quo
Breaking the rules
Saying the unsaid
Spreading the innovation virus
Seeding Tribal Energy
With no fear
With a cause to do good
Leading by being from our true selves
Going after the un-named quality
Relentlessly

23. RELENTLESSLY

24. Code 21

25. 21 principles

26. 21 practices

27. st
21
Century
Organization

29. 21st Century Practices
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Organizational Structures
Leadingship
Strategic Options Portfolio
Decision Making
Lean Execution
System Innovation
Self Expression

30. 2013

31. 700
Local contacts in:
San-Francisco, Portland, Boston, Nashville,
Amsterdam, Brussels, Madrid, Bangalore,
Bangkok, Melbourne, Sydney

32. Status
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700 people + Local contacts
From San-Francisco to Sydney
Cross-Industry
Formation and Norming phase
Teaming up
– Rebels at Work, Rebels Norway
– Change Agents Worldwide
– Internal company movements

33. http://www.changeagentsworldwide.com

35. Enlightening People

36. Anouk
(Brussels)
Mukesh
(Bangalore)
Carri
(Portland)
Nadja
(Hamburg)
MJ
(San Francisco)
Curt
(Washington DC)

37. Allevo Team
(Romenia)

38. 2014

39. Action Plan 2014
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People Taking Agency
2000 People
Forming company triads
2 practices documented
2 Rebel Jams
1 live event

40. PEOPLE TAKING AGENCY

41. SHOWING UP IN YOUR
ONLYNESS

43. DARING TO BE GREAT

44. Daring to be Great
“Every leader, at some point in their
career, decides whether or not to do the
hard work of pursuing greatness. It’s a
choice that’s not about satisfying their ego,
but about holding themselves and their
ambitions to a more enlightened
standard of leadership. And it requires
the worthy work of showing up as their
best self every day, and making a lasting
positive impact on their people, teams,
customers—even society.”
Keith Yamashita – SY Partners

45. You fight mediocrity,
applaud critical thinking

46. NEW META-MORALITY

48. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE

49. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE
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For yourself
For others
For your/our work
For your/our organization
For your/our network
For the whole

50. RELENTLESSLY

51. CHALLENGES?

52. Mahatma Gandhi
“First they ignore you,
then they laugh at you,
then they fight you,
then you win.”

53. Join Corporate Rebels United
A movement of fearless activists/doers
Living on the edges
www.corporaterebelsunited.com

54. https://www.goodreads.com/goodreadscompetervan

55. Resources
• Website:
– http://www.corporaterebelsunited.com
• Scoop-It:
– http://www.scoop.it/t/corporate-rebels-united
• Twitter:
– @corprebels
• Facebook group:
– https://www.facebook.com/groups/344393218944669/
• Google+ Community:
– https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/101113790748317057300
• LinkedIn Group
– http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4400994

56. Let’s talk
@petervan

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