Beam Talk: Organisation Design

Organisation design as a key to sustainable growth 

How people behave at work is strongly shaped by the structure they work in. 
When structures don’t fit, decisions stall. Collaboration breaks down. 

Many problems organisations struggle with today are not issues of motivation, leadership or culture. They are the result of design. Yet organisational structure is still widely underestimated. Symptoms get addressed, while underlying causes remain untouched. 

In this Beam Talk, we explore organisation design as a way to address those causes. It shows that strong performance and sustainable, workable work do not contradict each other, but depend on the same design choices.  

Organisation design offers a different lens: one that helps organisations move beyond firefighting and build conditions for durable performance and meaningful cooperation. 

What to expect 

• Why recurring problems persist when structure is left untouched
• How organisation design helps move from symptom management to durable solutions
• How to get started with organisation design as a lever for sustainable change 

Your host 
Geert Van Hootegem 

Professor Sociology of Work and Organisation at KU Leuven and an organisation design advisor. He focuses on organisation design as a key lever for sustainable growth. 

This Beam Talk lays the foundation for our follow-up session on work design.