The verified library of the self-management field: the articles, podcasts, papers and cases worth knowing, from Corporate Rebels to HBR to SciELO, each with a one-line read and a link to the source. Distinct from our own writing in the Library. See the field mapped →
· Bernstein, Bunch, Canner & Lee
HBR's balanced assessment of self-managed teams (title notwithstanding, it evaluates the broader movement).
· Change the Work
Getz on the first generation (Gore, USAA, FAVI, Semco...) and the second (Poult, Chronoflex, HCL...).
· Isaac Getz
Getz's hub: tribute to Zobrist (d. 2026), new theoretical article on the liberated company, Les Echos op-ed on young generations.
· My Happy Job
Practitioner overview with French examples and Getz's definition.
· Berliner Team
German overview of firms experimenting (trivago, Heiligenfeld Kliniken, soulbottles, Deutsche Bahn units) plus Morning Star and Zappos stories.
· ManagementSite
Practitioner piece on self-managing teams in care: optimal size 8–12, the manager as biggest obstacle.
· Academic authors
Empirical study of ner Group companies: self-managed teams, reduced pay gaps, profit sharing, job security via relocation.
· Academic authors
Dialnet record with Spanish/English abstracts.
· Academic authors
Traces Irizar's transformation, the HBS case and the founding of K2K (2005) and ner Group (2010).
· Naiz
Interview with Koldo Saratxaga on transparency, participation and the lessons of Fagor's collapse.
· Koldo Saratxaga
Saratxaga's own account of Irizar's turnaround and the NER philosophy (full PDF).
· Academic authors
English abstract/full text of the Cuadernos de Gestión study.
· Licínio Lima
Education-side analysis (election, collegiality, participation) relevant to democratic organisations generally.
· Revelry
Practitioner reading of Maverick: factory committees, open books, chosen bosses, four-layer hierarchy.
· Peerdom
2026 explainer on Semco's growth from $4M to $212M with self-set salaries and hours.
· 徳谷智史
Explainer on why teal became the management keyword of 2018 in Japan.
· 田中仁
Overview with Japanese success cases and common misunderstandings; includes explainer video.
· 創業手帳
Start-up handbook explainer with Japanese teal company examples.
· Sridhar Vembu
Zoho's own statement of the rural-office philosophy.
· Axios
Explainer on the 17M-view TikTok trend and what it says about younger workers' expectations.
· Cornerstone
HR-platform commentary drawing lessons on self-set salaries and loosening control.
· Runn
Practitioner guide tracing the concept from 1970s Scandinavia to Morning Star and Buurtzorg.
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Reference entry on leaders creating conditions for self-managing teams.
· Joost Minnaar / Pim de Morree et al.
Essay on organisations built as communities of employees, customers and suppliers rather than shareholder machines.
· Joost Minnaar / Pim de Morree et al.
Interview with Koldo Saratxaga on how he turned Irizar into a self-managed cooperative success and created the NER model.
· Joost Minnaar / Pim de Morree et al.
Case on the Basque consultancy that has transformed 80+ companies into self-managed organisations (no bosses, shared profits).
· Joost Minnaar / Pim de Morree et al.
Short animation explaining how the Basque fastener maker runs with self-managed teams.
· Joost Minnaar / Pim de Morree et al.
Ten building blocks of self-management drawn from the Basque electronics firm P4Q.
· Joost Minnaar / Pim de Morree et al.
Animation explaining the NER self-management model used across dozens of Basque companies.
· Joost Minnaar / Pim de Morree et al.
Ten components K2K applies when de-hierarchising a company.
· Joost Minnaar / Pim de Morree et al.
Short animated explainer of the Buurtzorg model.
· Joost Minnaar / Pim de Morree et al.
Animated explainer of Viisi's bossless model.
· Joost Minnaar / Pim de Morree et al.
On corner offices, parking spots and the signals they send.
· Joost Minnaar / Pim de Morree et al.
A concrete pay method for bossless firms.
· Lisa Gill
How an Australian care merger of 1,000 staff moved to 20+ self-managing local teams, with inner development as key.
· Lisa Gill
Why Spain became a hotbed: NER in 100+ companies, cooperative history, and a fund buying firms to self-manage them.
· Lisa Gill
Why changing structures isn't enough: DDOs, Inner Development Goals and peer learning.
· Lisa Gill
Nearsoft co-founder on adding co-ownership to self-management to avoid 'enlightened monarchs'.
· Lisa Gill
Brazilian org designer on open-source governance patterns and cutting-edge collaborating communities.
· Lisa Gill
Enspiral thinkers on 'trojan horse' practices and moving from domination to partnership.
