Danish company does away with bosses to boost performance
Clever, a Danish operator of electric car charging stations, has eliminated hierarchical management in favor of self‑managed teams to enhance creativity and decision‑making speed. The company’s co‑founder and former CEO stepped down after selling Clever to energy distributor Andel, which agreed to keep the flat structure intact. Internal surveys show high employee satisfaction, though the model still requires careful coordination to avoid chaos.
- ▪Clever removed all manager titles in 2025 and reorganised its roughly 500 staff into more than 50 autonomous teams of eight to twelve members.
- ▪Co‑founder Casper Kirketerp‑Moller relinquished his CEO role after selling the firm to Andel, which pledged to maintain the self‑management system.
- ▪The company cites faster decision‑making and greater employee autonomy as reasons for the restructure, aiming to counteract bureaucratic delays.
- ▪An internal audit in 2024 reported that 92 percent of employees were happy to go to work each morning, indicating strong morale under the new model.
Opening excerpt (first ~120 words) tap to expand
Danish company does away with bosses to boost performanceSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxDanish company Clever has done away with bosses to foster creativity and boost group performance. PHOTO: AFPPublished Jun 17, 2026, 02:53 PMUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 02:53 PMCOPENHAGEN – Danish company Clever is trying something it believes is clever indeed: it has done away with bosses to foster creativity and boost group performance.At its Copenhagen headquarters in a former industrial district, Denmark’s leading operator of electric car charging stations has no hierarchical organisation structures.Instead, the company has self-managed groups, where each employee is part of the decision-making process and in charge of following through.Casper Kirketerp-Moller co-founded the…
Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at The Straits Times.