Webinar Registration
NEXT ONE IS WEDNESDAY 6th May at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm UK / 7pm CET FOR 45 MINUTES
Come and share what you discovered when trying the Beyond The Machine Experiments (listed in articles below), what you learned and what it means for you, your team, your organisation, your work, your life...
Informal, no preparation needed.
You don't even need to have done the experiment; you can just come and learn from others who have.
All Articles from Beyond The Machine
#20 Relational Shadows in the Shift Beyond Hierarchy (2 of 3)
How psychological projection shapes team dynamics — and why no structural redesign works until these relational shadow patterns are named and owned. ...more
The Beyond Hierarchy Project ,Beyond The Machine
April 01, 2026•10 min read
#19 EXPERIMENT- Try It: Map Who's Actually Talking
A simple observation experiment for your next meeting. Track who speaks, see the pattern on the page, and discover how your group's intelligence actually flows. ...more
The Beyond Hierarchy Project ,Beyond The Machine
March 18, 2026•6 min read
#18 Attention to the Whole: When Good Relationships Aren't Enough
Your team might have great relationships — and still miss what's happening across the whole group. Here's the practice that changes that. ...more
The Beyond Hierarchy Project ,Beyond The Machine
March 10, 2026•10 min read
# 17 Beyond The Machine: From designing better organisations to discovering what design can’t solve
We changed our name because hierarchy wasn't the real problem. The mechanical worldview that produced it was. Here's what that shift means in practice. ...more
The Beyond Hierarchy Project ,Beyond The Machine
March 05, 2026•12 min read
#16 Feedback as Infrastructure Maintenance: Why Your Feedback Culture Isn't Working
Feedback training doesn't create a feedback culture. What's missing is the relational foundation that makes honest exchange safe — and it starts with appreciation, not criticism. ...more
The Beyond Hierarchy Project
March 02, 2026•8 min read
#15 The (Relational) Infrastructure No One Builds
Most teams try to fix structure. The real gap is the web of connections underneath it — the relational infrastructure no one consciously builds. ...more
The Beyond Hierarchy Project
February 27, 2026•13 min read
#14 How Our Personal Shadows Secretly Sabotage Self-Managing Teams (Part 1 of 3)
Why do teams slip back into old habits after adopting self-management? Part 1 of 3 explores how our unexamined inner world quietly rebuilds the old hierarchy. ...more
The Beyond Hierarchy Project
February 16, 2026•8 min read
#13 The Essential Components of Collective Leadership
Discover the six core practices that shift leadership from individual control to collective emergence—creating resilient, self-managing teams. ...more
The Beyond Hierarchy Project
February 09, 2026•8 min read
#12 Events from the Edge
When we adopt self-management, we assume hierarchy disappears. It doesn't. All three patterns coexist. The skill is recognising which is active and choosing what's the best fit. ...more
The Beyond Hierarchy Project
February 02, 2026•13 min read
#11 Beyond Hierarchy ⚖️ Legitimacy is Key 🔑
What gives legitimacy to different ways of working and making decisions when self-organizing beyond hierarchy? ...more
The Beyond Hierarchy Project
December 02, 2025•6 min read
#10 Structured Freedom
How self-organizing beyond hierarchy strengthens multi-stakeholder collaboration. ...more
The Beyond Hierarchy Project
November 26, 2025•4 min read
#9 From Process to Purpose: How Clarity Leads Beyond Hierarchy
Discovering the hidden power of process can be the catalyst for evolving beyond traditional hierarchies toward self-organising, responsive organisations. ...more
The Beyond Hierarchy Project
November 19, 2025•4 min read
#8 Shifting Beyond Hierarchy Means Going From Control to Connection
If we take self-management seriously, we must rethink what leadership actually means—and how this relates to power. ...more
The Beyond Hierarchy Project
November 12, 2025•5 min read
#7 Beyond Hierarchy: Three Principles of Effective Leadership in Self-Managed Systems
If we take self-management seriously, we must rethink what leadership actually means—and how this relates to power. ...more
The Beyond Hierarchy Project
November 05, 2025•8 min read
#6 Building Systems That Don’t Contradict What We Say We Believe
Why do so many organizations that claim to empower people end up reinforcing centralized control? ...more
The Beyond Hierarchy Project
October 29, 2025•14 min read
