Autonomous Teams in Technology Organisations
summary
Zalando adopts a radical agility model: roughly 180 autonomous teams (4–8 people each) given choice over tech, architecture and planning, supported by three roles — delivery lead, practice lead, product owner — not abandoned; microservices enable the organizational shift. Internal surveys link empowering leadership to higher autonomous motivation, which correlates with better individual performance, adaptability and affective commitment; autonomy requires competence and coordination, and autonomy does not mean independence. Revenue and headcount growth accompany two years of rollout but causation is not claimed.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Start
- 1:03ZALANDO AT A GLANCE
- 6:05SELF-DETERMINATION & MOTIVATION
- 18:35ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
- 20:54ARCHITECTURE
- 22:27THE BIG PICTURE
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