About the Author

Theo Veldsman, a Work Psychologist, is regarded as a thought-leaders in people management and the psychology of work. He has a proven ability to move seamlessly between theory and practice, and vice versa, having been an academic and consultant. Theo has gained extensive research and development and consulting experience over the past 35 years, including organisational (re)design. He has conducted over 50 OD assignments across private and public organisations at the executive and senior management levels at companies such as De Beers, Anglo American, Adcock Ingram, etc., as well as trained more than 200 OD consultants internationally.

Reviews

This book is a gift; a jewel in the Organisational Design landscape. It is relevant, timely, practical and grounded. Theo challenges us to radically rethink the shape, purpose, intent and impact of our organisations so that they deliver on their strategy, remain competitive, perform optimally and get the right people on the bus in the key seats, while remaining relevant and agile now and into the future. No business leader should miss this read if they want to be ahead of the curve on how to design fit-for-purpose organisations. Professor Shirley Zinn, Non-Executive Director of Boards A future-fit contribution to the design of large organisations. With his focus on purpose appropriacy, Veldsman emphasises systemic design consciousness in an elegant, expansive contribution to how organisations migrate themselves to a preferred future state. His circumspect approach embraces strategic, horizontal, vertical and lateral dimensions of design, and will enlighten the most senior of organisational architects. Dr Morné Mostert, Director. Institute for Futures Research, Stellenbosch University