What Workitects does

Workitects is a Belgium-based expertise center (vzw/non-profit association) focused on Innovatieve ArbeidsOrganisatie (IAO), or innovative work organization. The organization traces its origin to Flanders Synergy vzw, established in 2008 under the Flemish Government as a competence pool to inject knowledge on innovative work organization into the Flemish organizational and consultant landscape; it has operated independently under the Workitects name since 2019 and is active in Flanders, Wallonia (via the WinWal network), and Europe (via EUWIN). Workitects helps organizations address increasingly complex and unpredictable work, reactive management, teams lacking purpose, and rising work stress by guiding them toward sustainable organizational structures and workable jobs.

The core technology is the Workitects Organization Canvas, an integral framework for mapping organizations and guiding them toward innovative work arrangements, grounded in sociotechnical systems theory combined with Robert Karasek's workability theory. Around this canvas, Workitects has built a portfolio of diagnostic and facilitation tools — Psychosocial Risk Analysis, a Simulation Game ("Werkblokken"), Team Barometer, LeadershipGround leadership cards, and Team Passport — supported by a knowledge library of books, papers, case studies, videos, podcasts, and a tiered training curriculum (Basics, Experience, Lab, Innovatieroute). Practice-oriented innovation/research projects and Masterclass training (200+ Senior Consultants trained to date) complete the offer.

Workitects runs a community-led, event-driven business model. Revenue mechanics combine MyWorkitects membership (subscription/recurring), paid training programs and Masterclasses, custom design trajectories, and practice-oriented innovation projects. Distribution relies on a 5-person core expert team supported by a network of 200+ trained advisor partners. Customers span organizations across sectors (healthcare, education, industry, services), individual advisors/consultants seeking scientifically grounded methodologies, and sector funds and federations working on sustainable employability. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and revenue figures are not reported.

Name

Workitects

Legal name

Workitects

Website

https://workitects.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Workitects is a Belgium-based non-profit expertise center that helps organizations redesign work structures through its proprietary Organization Canvas, diagnostic tools, and training programs, serving enterprises, advisors, and sector funds across Flanders, Wallonia, and Europe.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Ghent

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Membership Program: Workitects offers a membership formula for professionals and organizations to join their network and strengthen their mission of sustainable organizations with workable jobs.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Workitects is a Belgian expertise center providing practical research, interactive training, hands-on methodologies, and custom design trajectories for organizations seeking innovative work organization (IAO). It sells a portfolio of diagnostic tools (Organization Canvas, Psychosocial Risk Analysis, Team Barometer, Leadership Cards, Team Passport, Simulation Game) and structured training programs (Basics, Experience, Lab, Innovatieroute) along with a membership program for advisors and organizations.

Product overview

Workitects is an expert center focused on 'Innovatieve ArbeidsOrganisatie' (IAO) / Workplace Innovation, offering a methodology-based portfolio of assessment tools and training programs. Their core offerings include the Organisatiecanvas (Organization Canvas) for integral organizational analysis, Psychosociale risicoanalyse (Psychosocial Risk Analysis), Simulatiespel (Simulation Game including 'Werkblokken'), Teambarometer (Team Barometer), Leiderschapskaarten (Leadership Cards), and Teampaspoort (Team Passport). These tools support organizations in diagnosing and redesigning work structures, improving team collaboration, and enhancing workability. Training programs are delivered at multiple levels: Basics, Experience, Lab, and Innovatieroute. Knowledge sharing is facilitated through books, papers, case studies, videos, podcasts (including 'Anders organiseren werkt'), and events. The approach is grounded in socio-technical systems theory combined with Robert Karasek's workability theory.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Organisatiecanvas (Organization Canvas) An integral canvas tool that helps organizations visualize and analyze their structure, supporting the transition to innovative work organization (IAO). Developed through Workitects' research projects and based on sociotechnical systems theory.
• Psychosociale risicoanalyse (Psychosocial Risk Analysis) Assessment tool for analyzing psychosocial risks in the workplace to improve employee well-being and workability.
• Simulatiespel (Simulation Game, including 'Werkblokken') Interactive simulation game that demonstrates how organizational choices impact agility and workability.
• Teambarometer (Team Barometer) Tool for measuring and assessing team health, collaboration, and performance indicators.
• Leiderschapskaarten (Leadership Cards / LeadershipGround) A set of leadership cards designed to support leaders in developing shared leadership and effective team management.
• Teampaspoort (Team Passport) Tool for documenting and communicating team composition, roles, and working agreements.
• Opleidingen (Training Programs: Basics, Experience, Lab, Innovatieroute) Interactive multi-level training programs for professionals and organizations covering organizational development, including Basics, Experience, Lab, and Innovatieroute (Innovation Route) levels.
• Podcastreeks 'Anders organiseren werkt' Podcast series celebrating 15 years of Workitects, featuring conversations with changemakers about their journey toward sustainable organizational structures.
• Innovatieprojecten (Innovation Projects / Research Projects) Practice-oriented research projects developing knowledge and solutions around specific themes in innovative work organization.
• Masterclass Opleiding (Masterclass Training in IAO) Senior Consultants training in Innovative Work Organization, having trained over 200 professionals through the Masterclass program.
• MyWorkitects Lidmaatschap (Membership Program) Membership formula for professionals and organizations joining the Workitects network, providing access to tools, reports, settings and purchases through the MyWorkitects portal.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 Senior Consultants trained through Masterclass programs

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and historical.

• WinWalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThrough the WinWal network, Workitects is active in Wallonia, expanding their reach beyond Flanders to other regions in Belgium.
• EUWIN (European Workplace Innovation Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThrough EUWIN, Workitects is building a network in Europe, contributing to the European workplace innovation community.
• Flanders Synergy vzwhistoricalOthersHistorical predecessor - founded in 2008 from the Flemish Government as a competence pool for innovation in work organization. The objective was to give the Flemish organization and advisor landscape a knowledge injection in innovative work organization.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry (Hay Group): Global organizational consulting firm with deep organizational design, leadership, and talent practices (including the legacy Hay Group). Overlaps with Workitects on enterprise organizational redesign and leadership development engagements.
• Center for Creative Leadership (CCL): Global leadership development research and training organization. Comparable in its blend of research-grounded leadership and team-effectiveness tools delivered through training programs to organizations and consultants.
• The Conference Board: Membership-based business research organization that produces workplace, leadership, and HR research for member companies. Comparable in its member-driven knowledge-distribution model and research-to-practice orientation.
• McKinsey & Company (Organization Practice): Global strategy consultancy with a dedicated Organization Practice covering operating model redesign, leadership, and future-of-work themes. Competes for the same enterprise organizational-transformation wallets as Workitects, though at much larger scale.
• Bain & Company (Organization Practice): Global consultancy with active organizational design, change management, and 'future of work' practices. Comparable enterprise buyer overlap with Workitects but at a global scale and with different commercial model.
• IMD: Switzerland-based business school with executive education and research in leadership, organizational transformation, and HR. Comparable as a research-to-practice leadership and organization development provider competing for European training budgets.

Direct peers

• Flanders Synergy vzw: Workitects' direct historical predecessor and Belgian competence center for innovative work organization. Highly comparable mission around IAO/werkbaar werk, though now operating in parallel as a related rather than identical entity.
• Stichting Nieuw Werk: Dutch foundation focused on 'Het Nieuwe Werken' and sustainable, future-proof work organization. Closest cross-border peer in mission, methodology emphasis on sociotechnical redesign, and target audience of organizations and advisors.

Regional players

• Vlerick Business School: Belgium-based management school and executive education provider with adjacent organizational transformation, leadership, and HR research. Comparable as a regional academic/practitioner hybrid targeting Belgian enterprise training budgets.

Others

• European Workplace Innovation Network (EUWIN): EU-funded network that Workitects is itself part of; peers at the ecosystem level include other national workplace-innovation competence centers (e.g., Denmark, Poland, UK). Comparable as adjacent/thematic rather than direct competitors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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