Ep. 101 Abhijith HK and Vidhya Abhijith from Codewave on scaling culture without hierarchy

Abhijith HK and Vidhya Abhijith are co-founders of Codewave, a digital innovation company in India with over 200 employees and zero hierarchy. In this episode, we explore how they built a self-managing organisation from intuition, their peer-based feedback system called Peerly, and how they moved from "ruinous empathy" to radical candor. We also discuss scaling through "Fractas" (mini startups within the company), staying bootstrapped to protect culture, and the personal growth required of founders on this journey.

Resources:

• Link to Codewave's handbook

• Corporate Rebels' blog about Codewave

• Related Leadermorphosis episodes:

  • Ep. 41 with Michael Y. Lee