How can organizational structures enable growth?

From my perspective, a good way to understand how organizational structures enable growth is by analizing how buildings' structures sustain tons and tons of weight. (CCTV HQ Beijing, China)


When designing the internal structure of a building the main question is how to connect or build relationships within the forces generated inside of the building in a way that new supporting forces will emerge.

Organizational wise the question could be, "what relationships we need to enable to drive the key initiatives that drive growth?"

By making those relationships formal, we give the organization the opportunity to use the structure as catalyst of the connections that drive success.