Founder of Ekipa.co, Hugo Messer is one of the speakers at the renowned conference Voxxed Days in Singapore. His topic is 'running a boss-less organization'; if you are curious about how to do that, have a look at our Ekipa Reinvented principles: http://pub.lucidpress.com/46630220-695a-4a2d-8f8a-69a5358a6f25/#_0
Check out his presentation for #VoxxeddaysSingapore
27. Hierarchy
All power is with the team. There is no formal
hierarchy, we abandon the traditional system.
There are no bosses to turn to. Teams decide
what they focus on, how they achieve outcomes
and how they solve problems.
28. Decision making
● All business information is open to all.
● We believe in the power of collective intelligence. Nobody
is as smart as everybody. Therefore all decisions will be
made with the "advice process":
○ Any person can make any decision after seeking advice
from 1) everyone who will be meaningfully affected,
and 2) people with expertise in the matter.
○ No colleague, whatever their importance, can tell a
decision-maker what to decide
29. ● Freedom and accountability are two sides of the same coin.
● We each have full responsibility for the organization. If we
sense that something needs to happen, we have a duty to
address it. it's not acceptable to limit our concern to the remit
of roles.
● Everyone must be comfortable with holding others
accountable to their commitments through feedback and
respectful confrontation.
Accountability
30. ● Base salary
● 10% commission from invoiced amounts
● 10% profit share for the team
● Commission for closing new deals
Ekipa salary system
31. Roles are fluid. We have no job descriptions. Every co-
worker is free to create, modify or remove roles. If you
think something adds value to your team’s purpose, you
own it and move it forward.
Roles
34. ● Self management = the future
● You need your own ‘flavor’ to make it work
● A system of accountability = the key
● Salary system needs a formula
Summary
40. Ekipa is a 100% self managed organization without
any hierarchy. Everybody is an owner and
everybody shares in our success and income.
Everybody works on the things he wants to
contribute and we don't’ have fixed job descriptions.
We co-work with our customers to help them bring
entrepreneurship and agility to their organization.
Together, we create the company we want Ekipa to
be and we create better lives for ourselves and the
people we serve. We’re co-workers.
Ekipa story
41. We are a commercial company; our goal is to make profit.
Teams are 100% responsible for generating profit. All financial
information is open and accessible to everyone. Teams make
informed decisions based on the financial information available.
At the end of each year, 10 % of the profits will be shared with
the team(s). Teams decide themselves how to distribute the
profit between themselves.
Our salaries and other compensations are based on the Ekipa
salary system. In all situations where you need to spend
company money, you do so with caution; frugality and savings
are crucial to our company.
Income and profit
42. ● People are systematically considered to be good
(reliable, self-motivated, trustworthy, intelligent).
● Until we are proven wrong, trusting coworkers is
our default means of engagement.
Trust