Beyond the Boxes and Lines
Transform Your Organization with Organizational Design
What separates organizations that thrive from those that stagnate? In The Next Step: Transforming Culture and Advancing Business Results through Organizational Design, Susannah delivers a practical, in-depth guide to one of the most overlooked levers of business success - how an organization is designed to work.
Why Organizational Design Matters
Organizational design isn't a buzzword - it's the architecture behind every high-performing business. Susannah translates complex theory into clear, actionable language, showing exactly why deliberate design determines whether a company scales smoothly or struggles under its own weight.
Learn from the Best
Real-world examples bring the concepts to life, including a close look at how Disney structures its operations to sustain innovation and consistency at scale. These case studies give readers a concrete roadmap for applying proven design principles to their own organizations.
The Next Step Approach
At the heart of the book is Susannah's original Next Step approach - a framework built on custom graphs and detailed analysis drawn from her career as both practitioner and professor. It offers a step-by-step method for keeping any organization agile, efficient, and competitive.
What's Inside:
- Practical Understanding - What organizational design really means, and why it matters now more than ever
- Real-World Examples - Lessons from Disney and other organizations that got design right
- Actionable Advice - Susannah's Next Step framework for making tangible structural improvements
- Expert Insight - Guidance grounded in years of academic research and hands-on practice
Why You Need This Book
Whether you're a business leader, HR professional, or entrepreneur, this book equips you to build a structure that fuels innovation, efficiency, and sustainable growth.
Take the Next Step Today
Get your copy of The Next Step: Transforming Culture and Advancing Business Results through Organizational Design, and start building the organization your business deserves.