Ep. 104 Angela Williamson on the inner and outer development work at self-managing care organisation Chorus

Chorus was born out of the merger of three traditionally structured care organisations in 2017, but today its 1,000 employees work in 20+ self-managing, local teams. Strategic Coach Angela Williamson share this remarkable transformation story and how inner development – and not just structural development – has been key. Chorus began as an experiment asking the question: "What if the people closest to the work were trusted to make most decisions themselves?"

Resources:

• Corporate Rebels' blog about Chorus and their organisational model

• Chorus website https://chorus.org.au/

• Mia Mingus on the Nothing Never Happens podcast talking about reimagining accountability

• My blog about the tyranny of the inner boss

• Related Leadermorphosis episodes:

  • Ep. 69 with Jos de Blok, founder of Buurtzorg

  • Ep. 26 with the nurses at Buurtzorg

  • Ep. 96 with Xavier Costa about love in self-managing organisations

  • Ep. 67 with Andy Brogan and Helen Sanderson about Confirmation Practices

  • Ep. 85 with Bernadette Wesley about Deliberately Developmental Organisations