While Kollmorgan does have a chain of command, its levels are few, status differences are kept to a minimum, and most decisions are made at the team level. Best known as the makers of Gore-tex fabric for rain gear, they also produce a wide range of other products from medical supplies to electronic components to systems for desalinating water and recovering waste oil. New teams are formed whenever a group of associates has a new direction they want to go in. The leadership within the group is not assigned but comes from whatever natural leadership develops. Objectives are set by those who must make them happen, and tasks and functions are organized by commitments between the associates.
Pay is set by compensation teams with sponsors acting as advocates for each associate.
The relationships between the plants is a combination of community and marketplace. Intrepreneuring is not the name of an organization. It is a way to bring innovation into large organizations by encouraging the development of small teams than can operate with almost entrepreneurial freedom. For intrapreneuring to work, intrapreneurs must be self-selected, they need to be allowed to follow through with their project, and they need to be able to make most of the decisions about its development. The organization needs to provide them with guidelines to work within, resources and patience.