Netstream offers office for shared use
We believe in the responsible use of resources and value synergies. That is why we are offering our spacious and modern office with event facilities in Wallisellen for shared use / subletting. We are convinced that both parties can only benefit from shared use. As an established agile-learning IT company, we value our spacious office in a prime location [...]
All power to the colleagues - now we decide!
Every day, we make around 20,000 decisions. Fortunately, most of them are fairly trivial. But in the new agile-learningNetstream , leadership is decentralized, and so we are now making more important decisions as well. But what does it actually mean to make decisions? By transitioning to an agile-learning organization,Netstream AG aims to decentralize leadership and thus respond flexibly and proactively to market demands. As we all know, “marketing” comes from “market.” […]
Peer feedback - this is how employee appraisal works without a boss!
Who doesn't know them? The annual performance review with your line manager. Until recently, Netstream also handled performance appraisals in this way. But what if a company is no longer managed hierarchically, but collegially? Do we abolish appraisals altogether? Read here how Netstream makes sure that employees can still benefit from the company's [...]
The path to an agile-learning company - a personal experience report
Seeing the world through a different lens and finding simple, effective solutions to the problems faced by our partners and customers—that has been part of our DNA ever since Netstream was founded in late 1998 by Alexis, Reto, and me. I never would have thought that the answer to the biggest challenge—"responding quickly to the needs of the market […]
Organizational development - on the way to an agile-learning organization
In today’s world, agility is often seen as a key concept for successful business management. However, being able to respond flexibly and proactively to market demands requires more than just a theoretical concept. As early as 2018, Netstream AG began its journey toward becoming an agile, learning organization. True to the motto: “The best way to predict the future is to […]
Peer recruiting - how a stopgap solution becomes a success story
Almost at the same time that our small, two-person HR team was temporarily reduced due to maternity leave, the first measures to contain the coronavirus were implemented. Read here to find out how this crisis is actually giving rise to our new approach to recruiting. To lighten the load for myself—a part-time employee who was temporarily the sole person in charge of HR while homeschooling three children—I decided to adjust the recruitment process. I quickly uploaded […]
5 Learnings after the visit at Sipgate
On Thursday, August 16, 2018, nine Netstream employees visited the company Sipgate in Düsseldorf, since it appears they work in a completely different way than what we’re used to seeing in other companies. That’s because they have no managers, no overtime, and no budgets. In their book “24 Work Hacks,” they describe in great detail how they work and think. Since […]
From 42.5 to 40 hours per week - but why?
The year 2018 began for our employees with a new employee handbook in which we introduced many new changes—all for their benefit, of course. Among other things, we switched from a 42.5-hour workweek to a 40-hour workweek. But why? And how were we able to make up for the “missing” 2.5 hours of work per week and thus […]