Corporate Rebels - by Joost Minnaar & Pim de Morree

About the Book

Joost and Pim, known as the Corporate Rebels, are on a mission to make work more fun. They quit frustrating corporate jobs to visit the world's most inspiring companies. Now, after visiting 100+ pioneering organisations and interviewing 1000+ academics, employees, and CEOs, they share eight lessons from the world's most progressive workplaces.

Book Synopsis

8 radical lessons from 100 of the world's most inspiring companies

Today's workplaces are broken. Badly broken. With 85% of employees disengaged, 23% feeling burned out and 37% believing that their job makes no useful contribution to society, work as we know it today is simply not working.

The good news? There is a better way. And it's not just theory. It's already practiced in pioneering organisations around the globe. Drawing on Minnaar and De Morree's visits to 100+ of the world's most progressive organisations, this book gives direct evidence that you can make work enjoyable and rewarding, while boosting performance and success.

This book is for people who know workplaces could, and should, be better. Whether you're in the leadership team, a rebel who has been suppressed by corporate dogma or a manager who is trapped in the broken system: this book is for you!

Joost Minnaar and Pim de Morree are the founders of Corporate Rebels - a global movement to make work more fun. Their cult blog is read in over 100 countries and has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, HuffPost, The Guardian, and the BBC. The authors have been listed among the Top 30 Emergent Management Thinkers and won the 2019 Thinkers50 Radar Award.

Want to learn how to improve employee engagement? Rethink company culture? How to change your workplace for the better? Get ready to dive into more than 20 examples of the best company cultures. Learn, be inspired, and revolutionise today's workplaces.

Review Quotes

"I have long been a fan of the Corporate Rebels and this book captures the essence of their wisdom. The authors provide a no-nonsense, practical, and thought-provoking perspective on the world of work."
Daniel Pink, author of When, Drive, and A Whole New Mind

"Challenge chosen truth is one of my recurring mottos and that is exactly what Corporate Rebels are doing! A clever read for all employees, HR professionals and business leaders that want to create radically inspiring workplaces."
Katarina Berg, Chief HR Officer of Spotify

"Corporations need disrupting, and the business world needs the Corporate Rebels. They are a timely and very welcome wake up call for capitalism. A breath of fresh air in management thinking, the Rebels are on the Thinkers50 Radar for a very good reason. Their voices resonate for a new generation who are demanding a radically different approach to work and life."
Des Dearlove, co-founder of Thinkers50

"Businesses, or rather their customers and employees, are asking for more sustainable and better ways of organising work. The Corporate Rebels have been able to hit the nail on the head; they share alternatives in an inspiring way. Beautiful!"
Jos de Blok, founder and CEO of Buurtzorg

"A silent revolution in management is under way. For people to notice, and join the revolution, we need to give it a voice, or rather many, many voices. The Corporate Rebels have made it their job to bring us such voices and their stories."
Frederic Laloux, author of Reinventing Organisations

"The Corporate Rebels give a valuable, refreshing, and unique contribution to thinking and doing on new organisational models. With solid choices and research, with a transparent approach, with practical insights, with nuance and with a lot of courage. Bravo!"
Yuri van Geest, co-author of Exponential Organisations

"Joost Minnaar and Pim de Morree have covered the planet to meet all the organisations, leaders, and thinkers who aim to transform the command-and-control workplace into a place where work is fun. The authors found over one hundred of them and through their no-nonsense stories provide hope and vision to any student of organisation. A most interesting and original book."
Isaac Getz, co-author of Freedom, Inc. and Leadership Without Ego

"The Corporate Rebels are the place to go for the most exciting and innovative developments in management across the planet. They stimulate, they challenge, they find the cutting-edge companies and paint a picture of how organisations could be different, and much more fun to work for. Whether you are a business leader or an employee, they will change the way you think about work."
Henry Stewart, Chief Happiness Officer, Happy Ltd

"Don't fail to check out The Corporate Rebels, a prime resource on the future of work. Too little focus has been spent on a key lever of corporate performance: the workplace and workplace culture. The Corporate Rebels change that and highlight how the right techniques help companies improve the bottom line, boost growth, and feature as an undeniable force for good."
Alexander Osterwalder, author of Business Model Generation and creator of the Business Model Canvas

"They call themselves Corporate Rebels, but you could also call them explorers: in search for the ultimate employee happiness."
Het Financieele Dagblad (Dutch Financial Newspaper)