Beretta, Edoardo Burkhalter, Christian Camenisch, Pietro Carcano-Monti, Cristina Citraro, Mauro Manini-Mondia, Michela Traversa, Fabrizio 2024 The present analysis related to social sustainability aims at evaluating and understanding how a “circular” or “round” organization such as the so-called Organiblò (i.e., a fusion of the terms “organigram” and the Italian word for “porthole”) functions. More precisely, the present article wants to raise awareness among companies that a profound cultural change seems necessary to push the search for sustainable objectives further. In this specific regard, independent interviews with the CEOs of 11 medium-sized enterprises and 46 young middle managers were conducted. Based on their responses, our analysis highlights the advantages of a “circular” organization, which range from better corporate sustainability to greater freedom of staff and cross-functional activities as well as the valorization of individuals and enhanced flexibility and collaborative spirit. However, time is needed to effect such a profound cultural change. The main difficulties consist in the approach to decision-making processes, because top management is often not yet prone to strongly encourage transparency, a culture of feedback and inclusiveness in the workforce. Consequently, a new, additional manager (i.e., a “wheeler manager”) might disseminate a new managing culture and involve employees in contributing to the company’s sustainability. application/pdf https://n2t.net/ark:/12658/srd1331805 https://susi.usi.ch/global/documents/331805 https://susi.usi.ch/documents/331805/files/Beretta_2024_MDPI_sustainability.pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3390/su16083468 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/ark/12658/srd1331805 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC BY Sustainability. - 2024, vol. 16, no. 8, p. 3468 “Circular” or “round” organizations Corporate mission Creativity Flexibility and empowerment Human resources management New managing culture Social sustainability "Wheeler manager” info:eu-repo/classification/udc/33 Organiblò : engaging people in “circular” organizations and enabling social sustainability http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501