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Constructs/Process

Product or service design → market and positioning → lead generation → hiring (+1)

Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.

Cross-industryRun by organizations in 23 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

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Organizations running it
65
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Process
    Product or service design
    in 91% of instances
    information
  2. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 92% of instances
    money
  3. Process
    Lead generation
    in 100% of instances
    then
  4. Process
    Hiring
    in 100% of instances
    control
  5. Decisions
    Regulatory compliance
    in 100% of instances

Coloured arrows: a flow of that type seen between the two at instance organizations. Grey arrows: order only.

Structure
GroupsLayersEverything
Element
Share of instances
Companies
Invariant 5
At least 90% have it
Process3
Product or service design
91%
59
Lead generation
100%
65
Hiring
100%
65
Decisions2
Market and positioning
92%
60
Regulatory compliance
100%
65
Variant 25
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People5
Org structure
78%
51
Customer service and support
60%
39
Sales
58%
38
Suppliers and partners
57%
37
Account management
20%
13
Process7
Production or delivery
68%
44
Customer onboarding
48%
31
Quality control
37%
24
Billing and invoicing
32%
21
Logistics and fulfilment
31%
20
Learning and improvement
25%
16
Onboarding and training
23%
15
Software1
Integrations
37%
24
Data4
Customer data
32%
21
Reporting and dashboards
28%
18
Data management
26%
17
Inventory and assets
25%
16
Decisions8
Policies and culture
78%
51
Strategy and goals
77%
50
Pricing
68%
44
Security and access
55%
36
Governance and decision rights
55%
36
Contracts
46%
30
Performance and pay
28%
18
Data protection and security assurance
22%
14
Variant · where they differ
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

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Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

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Entropy
Where it runs rough

Operating-reality findings at instance companies: workarounds, manual hand-offs, bottlenecks.

  • Suppliers and partners21 findings
    Dependency 19 · Dependency (public record) 1 · Manual hand-off (public record) 1 · at 20 companies
  • Sales17 findings
    Manual hand-off 9 · Dependency 5 · Bottleneck 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 15 companies
  • Production or delivery8 findings
    Dependency 4 · Manual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 1 · Workaround 1 · at 8 companies
  • Pricing8 findings
    Tacit rule 5 · Manual hand-off 3 · at 8 companies
  • Customer service and support8 findings
    Dependency 3 · Informal channel 2 · Manual hand-off 1 · Tacit rule 1 · Workaround 1 · at 8 companies
  • Customer onboarding6 findings
    Dependency 3 · Bottleneck 1 · Informal channel 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 6 companies
  • Hiring5 findings
    Dependency 3 · Informal channel 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 5 companies
  • Logistics and fulfilment5 findings
    Dependency 4 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 4 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product15%
  • marketplace6%
  • subscription6%
  • service3%
  • project2%
Size
  • 1000+ people28%
  • 501-1000 people6%
  • 51-200 people6%
  • 11-50 people3%
  • 201-500 people2%
Region
  • United States43%
  • Germany8%
  • Switzerland6%
  • United Kingdom5%
  • Japan3%
  • San Francisco, United States3%
Instances
The 65 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

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