The excellerate structure

excellerate is a very unusual business, it is certainly unique as far as I know in the professional services world. I wanted to create a business where people could participate based on choice.

I know this is the right thing to do because I strongly believe that the industrial revolution caused a 200 year long set back in cultural evolution. We had an artificial control hierarchy placed upon us which stifled the basic human need for choice and self determination. We are seeing the end of this now, with home working and flexible benefits schemes, but these are still only tentative steps and I wanted to leap forwards, to do something truly innovative.

excellerate is built on a foundation of choice, about who we work with and what we do. Consider going to work for a new company. You go for an interview, and maybe meet your new manager and someone from HR. Sometimes you might meet one or two or your colleagues who get wheeled in to 'look you over'. Then, on your first day, you meet the whole team and many other people. Some people you connect with, others not. Some welcome you, others fear you. Some think they will manipulate you in their own power games, some think you represent a threat to their power. You go through this only because you have come to accept it, not because it is what you want.

excellerate is based on every member of the team choosing to be there and choosing who they work with. Everyone also has outside interests which may include working for companies which traditionally would be competitors. By doing this, we have the most committed and dedicated team with the most up to date skills and leading edge thinking.

As well as helping our clients to transform their businesses by unleashing the potential of people, we are a role model for the way that successful businesses will be organised in the future.