Companies Organisations Systems

Organisations are living entities. They are fundamentally capable of adapting to the conditions of the market, their environment, their cooperation partners, and their employees - continuously and often without any effort. They do this with their own values, control mechanisms and behavioural patterns that have evolved over the course of their history.

Sometimes, however, this ongoing process of adaptation is not enough. Fundamental changes may be on the horizon: the methods used so far no longer meet the requirements of the market; fractures or crises occur in the environment or in the organisation that require targeted reactions; companies or parts of companies with different cultures are merged; people leave, people with different ideas join. This can trigger hope, a spirit of optimism, but also disquiet and uncertainty.

In such situations, one cannot rely on everything working itself out automatically. Change must be shaped. It may be sufficient to review and adjust and to optimize the existing business and strategic management tools. Alternatively, a comprehensive renewal process may be necessary to deal with the new requirements: questioning products and offers, reflecting on one's own values and behaviour patterns, finding a new strategic positioning and, building on this, designing, planning, and implementing new structures, processes, and a new way of working together.

We have many years of experience in designing change processes in industry, commerce, service providers, in schools, in administration, in value-oriented and non-profit organizations.

We support our clients in the following ways:

• We analyse with them which changes - if any - are necessary.
• We design and structure optimization and renewal processes.
• We develop and facilitate events and workshops in change processes.
• We coach project leaders, managers, and teams in dealing with change.

Marc Wülser

Wülser Inversini Organisationsberatung GmbH

«My gaze is open like a sunflower...
I have the habit of wandering along the streets,
looking to the right and to the left,
And sometimes back...» (Alberto Caeiro)

Curiosity guides me in my work with individuals, teams, and organisations. In every mandate there are stories, convictions, but also uncertainties. These need to be explored and considered in development processes. In the process, diverse patterns and different assessments often emerge: should we do this or that, continue as before or head for new shores, do we go step by step or take the big leap? Individual wishes and needs, dynamics in teams as well as environments, and goals of the organisation must be aligned. This rarely works without contradictions, which is completely normal. I see it as an important aspect of my consulting work to highlight the associated differences and to make them useful for clients. I like to work in a concept-oriented way, but without prescriptions and always remaining focused on the specific concerns of the clients.

Professional background

• Co-owner of Wülser Inversini Organisationsberatung (since 2011)
• Partner in the Institut für Arbeitsforschung und Organisationsberatung in Zurich (2009–2011)
• Organisational consultant and project manager at the Institut für Arbeitsforschung und Organisationsberatung in Zurich (2001–2009)
• Various teaching posts, including at the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz and the University of Luzerne (since 1999)
• Scientific assistant at the Stiftung Arbeitsforschung in Zurich (2004–2007)
• Assistant researcher and lecturer with the Lehrstuhl für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie at the University of Berne (1998–2001)
• Machine draughtsman and builder at Sulzer in Zuchwil and Bystronic Maschinen AG in Bützberg (1986–1994)

Educational background

• Regular further training courses in seminars, specialist coaching, supervision and learning groups
• PhD in Psychology, thesis in Strain and Burnout in human service work, supervised by Prof. Eberhard Ulich at the University of Potsdam (2006)
• Studies in industrial and organisational psychology and economics at the University of Berne (2001)
• Apprenticeship as a machine draughtsman (1986)

Clientèle

• Public administration and administration-related organisations
• Social and health care organisations
• Associations and foundations
• Profit and non-profit sector

Main areas of research

Occupational health management, health-promoting organisational and work design, burnout prevention