Radical
Companies
Co-Owned. Co-Managed. Collaborative Communities.
A book written as an exploration of what a real company could be — one built around people as living beings, not organizational resources.
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"What if a company didn't have bosses or employees? What if everyone who contributed owned a piece of it and had a voice in how it was run?"
What the Book Is About
Radical Companies is an exploration of a different kind of organization — one that is co-owned and co-managed by the people who do the work. It asks what it would look like if we built companies around the full humanity of the people inside them, rather than treating them as interchangeable inputs to a production system.
The book doesn't offer a utopia. It offers a framework — a set of principles and practices grounded in what human beings actually need to thrive, contribute, and create together.
Five Core Human Needs
The framework is built around five irreducible human needs that any real organization has to take seriously:
Being
Being seen and valued as a whole person.
Meaning
Doing work that connects to something larger.
Impacting
Making a real difference through contribution.
Belonging
Being part of something that cares about you.
Becoming
Growing, learning, and evolving over time.
What It Proposes
Radical companies distribute ownership and decision-making to the people who do the work. Power is not concentrated at the top — it is distributed across the community. Voices are amplified. Leadership is shared. Decisions are made closer to the people they affect.
This isn't a soft ideal. The book describes concrete structures: how ownership works, how decisions get made, how conflict is handled, how people join and leave. It is both a vision and a practical guide.
The Authors
Matt M. Perez
A technology professional with over 40 years of experience, including roles at Sun Microsystems and Nearsoft. Matt has spent decades thinking about how organizations can be structured to serve the people inside them.
José A. Leal
A serial entrepreneur and researcher focused on human motivation and organizational transformation. José brings deep experience in building companies that try to stay close to the needs of the people they serve.
Adrian Perez
An advocate for alternative approaches to longstanding systemic problems, with a focus on collaborative social tools and the conditions that allow people to self-organize effectively.
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Available on Amazon in print and digital formats.