Katie Hope reported on BBC about the Swedish firm the place no person is in cost:
Three years in the past, Swedish software program consultancy Crisp determined that the reply was no. The agency, which has about 40 workers, had already trialled varied organisational constructions, together with the extra frequent observe of getting a single chief operating the corporate. Crisp then tried altering its chief govt yearly, based mostly on a workers vote, however ultimately determined collectively that no boss was wanted. Yassal Sundman, a developer on the agency, explains: “We mentioned, ‘what if we had no person as our subsequent CEO – what would that appear like?’ After which we went via an train and listed down the issues that the CEO does.” The workers determined that lots of the chief govt’s tasks overlapped with these of the board, whereas different roles may very well be shared amongst different staff. “After we checked out it we had nothing left within the CEO column, and we mentioned, ‘all proper, why don’t we attempt it out?’” says Ms Sundman.