Market and positioning → member states → management cadence → governance and decision rights
Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.
Cross-industryRun by organizations in 5 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.
- Organizations running it
- 11
- Of their industry
- 5%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
- DecisionsMarket and positioningin 100% of instancesthen
- PeopleMember statesin 91% of instancesthen
- ProcessManagement cadencein 100% of instancesinformation
- DecisionsGovernance and decision rightsin 100% of instances
Coloured arrows: a flow of that type seen between the two at instance organizations. Grey arrows: order only.
Structure
Element
Share of instances
Companies
Norms and standards
73%
8
Production or delivery
64%
7
Hiring
64%
7
Country offices and field presence
45%
5
Lead generation
36%
4
Customer onboarding
36%
4
Product or service design
27%
3
Planning and scheduling
27%
3
Quality control
27%
3
Assessed contributions
27%
3
Voluntary and earmarked contributions
27%
3
Evaluation and oversight offices
27%
3
Variant · where they differ
Member
Variants, couplings and instances
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.
Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.
Entropy
Where it runs rough
Operating-reality findings at instance companies: workarounds, manual hand-offs, bottlenecks.
- Governance and decision rights6 findingsDependency 2 · Tacit rule 2 · Bottleneck 1 · Informal channel 1 · at 4 companies
- Management cadence4 findingsDependency 2 · Bottleneck 1 · Informal channel 1 · at 4 companies
- Hiring2 findingsDependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
- Pricing2 findingsTacit rule 1 · Workaround 1 · at 2 companies
- Resolutions and decisions2 findingsDependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
- Secretariat and executive head2 findingsDependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
- Voluntary and earmarked contributions2 findingsDependency 2 · at 2 companies
- Data management1 findingDependency 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Industries
Size
- 1000+ people18%
- 501-1000 people18%
- 51-200 people9%
Region
- Switzerland55%
- Canada9%
- Europe9%
- Global9%
- Indonesia9%
Instances
The 11 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.