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What we learn on engagements, laid out plainly. Self-management, governance, technology delivery — no jargon.

Featured · Self-management

The complete guide to the self-managed organization: from theory to practice

The self-managed organization model, Holacracy: trust, transparency, purpose and evolving governance.

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12 min · June 3, 2025
Team8 min

Team dynamics audit: cohesion and lasting performance

How to measure a team's real health — and move from intuition to an actionable diagnosis.

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Intrapreneurship6 min

Intrapreneurship and the Axial experience

Developing your team's intrapreneurial instincts in a self-managed organization.

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OKR7 min

OKRs: aligning the organization without the overhead

How to connect ambition to the ground with objectives that inspire and key results that are non-negotiable.

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Tech9 min

Change management: why adoption fails

A project that succeeds technically but fails in use is still a failure. Adoption has to be planned for.

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Governance10 min

Role-based structure: replacing the frozen org chart

Titles describe positions; roles describe work. Making visible who carries what.

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Human transformation and technology transformation move forward together

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