Introduction

Deerns Spain, a team of around 60 engineers, has been on a transformation journey since March 2020. Inspired by K2K Emocionando, they now work without managers which means that everyone is “creating our company all the time”. I talked to Miquel Castellvi (General Coordinator), Blanca Capdevila (People & Culture) and Pau Riera (Commitment Coordinator) who shared stories about how they changed their organisational structure, their self-managing salary process, giving feedback and dealing with conflicts, and the role of the Values and Culture team.

Resources:

• Deerns Spain website

• Article in El Pais about Deerns Spain and other ‘teal’ organisations in Spain

• Miquel and Blanca on the Autogestión con Pancho Mora podcast (in Spanish)

• Related Leadermorphosis podcast episodes:

• Ep. 55 with Frederic Laloux

• Ep. 53 with Jabi and Dunia from K2K Emocionando

• Ep. 78 with Sofia and Luís from Mindera