Business Ecosystem Alliance

Get to know one of the 2024 Zero Distance Excellence Award winners – Hoxby, a community-based B-Corp (business balancing profit with social impact) delivering creative and strategic services with a distributed workforce across 43 countries. At Hoxby, associates work according to their own ‘workstyle,’ organizing around client needs with full autonomy and participating in a profit-sharing scheme. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dEw_Feyp #BusinessEcosystemAlliance #ZeroDX #ZeroDistance #ecosystems

We’re thrilled to highlight one of the 2024 Zero Distance Excellence Award recipients – Buurtzorg Nederland, the leading Dutch home-care organization in the Netherlands. Buurtzorg’s hyperflat structure of 10,000 nurses working in 1,000 managing teams has made this non-profit one of the world’s most cost-effective healthcare providers and helped it achieve peer-beating patient satisfaction scores. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dF_TWYy5 #BusinessEcosystemAlliance #ZeroDX #ZeroDistance #ecosystems

Get to know one of the 2024 Zero Distance Excellence Award winners – Walter Pack. Walter Pack is a Spanish company specializing in functional decorative parts for the automotive, electronics, and home appliance industries, employing over 400 people. At Walter Pack, traditional hierarchies have been abolished in favor of autonomous teams organized around four main technologies, with 30% of profits shared among employees in the Spanish subsidiaries. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dw9Y44JG #BusinessEcosystemAlliance #ZeroDX #ZeroDistance #ecosystems

We’re happy to highlight one of this year’s Zero Distance Award recipients – Univio, a digital commerce transformation company based in Poland, employing nearly 500 professionals. At Univio, teams operate autonomously within a network-of-teams structure, with employees enjoying the freedom to make decisions independently and collaborate closely with clients, guided by a culture of trust and continuous improvement. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dsHQhm4y #BusinessEcosystemAlliance #ZeroDX #ZeroDistance #ecosystems

Haier’s evolution offers a compelling blueprint for modern businesses aiming to thrive in a networked world. The shift from traditional hierarchies to interconnected ecosystems is a masterclass in innovation and adaptability. Its key characteristics are: ✅ #Rendanheyi in Action: Empowering employees with entrepreneurial responsibility. ✅ Ecosystem Thinking: Building platforms where businesses and customers co-create value. ✅ Agility & Innovation: Sustained transformation through openness and collaboration. Whether you’re exploring new business models or you're simply curious about how leading companies redefine success, check out an article written by Janka Krings-Klebe for the Business Ecosystem Alliance: https://lnkd.in/dGXWm7rE #BusinessEcosystemAlliance #ecosystem #agility #innovation #Haier

Meet one of the 2024 Zero Distance Excellence Award winners – SonicGarden. Sonicgarden is a software development firm in Japan with about 60 employees, operating without traditional hierarchies or managers. At Sonicgarden, teams have full autonomy to work directly with clients under a fixed monthly fee model, allowing for continuous development and improvement of solutions tailored to client needs. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gS2Tqw9N #BusinessEcosystemAlliance #ZeroDX #ZeroDistance #ecosystems

We had the pleasure to hand over one of this year’s Zero Distance Excellence Awards to Rebel Energy UK, a purpose-driven energy provider focused on supporting vulnerable customers and contributing to environmental sustainability. At Rebel Energy, the company operates using a system of circles and roles rather than traditional hierarchical job titles, with employees empowered to move between roles and circles based on their interests and skills. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dUbpQPZM #BusinessEcosystemAlliance #ZeroDX #ZeroDistance #ecosystems

Get to know one of the 2024 Zero Distance Excellence Award winners – Net Protections, Inc. Net Protections is a Buy Now, Pay Later company in Japan, serving a significant portion of the Japanese population. At Net Protections, traditional management roles have been replaced with 'Catalysts' who support team development, while employees work autonomously and self-manage their responsibilities using a shared and transparent evaluation system. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dyY4E9Sh #BusinessEcosystemAlliance #ZeroDX #ZeroDistance #ecosystems

We had the pleasure to hand over one of this year’s Zero Distance Excellence Awards to Mindera, an international software engineering company with over 1,000 employees operating globally. At Mindera, there are no traditional hierarchies or rigid organizational charts; instead, the company promotes a network-shaped structure where everyone is encouraged to take ownership of their projects and make decisions through an advice process. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dbU9mC56 #BusinessEcosystemAlliance #ZeroDX #ZeroDistance #ecosystems

We’re happy to highlight one of this year’s Zero Distance Award recipients –Latro Kimya, a chemical solutions company based in Istanbul with over 50 employees, operating without traditional hierarchies, managers, or titles. At Latro, autonomous teams called 'hubs' function like startups, with each hub responsible for its profit and loss, and financial information, including salaries, transparently available to all employees. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gJ48natY #BusinessEcosystemAlliance #ZeroDX #ZeroDistance #ecosystems