System Atlas

Org structure → regulatory compliance → market and positioning

How information is recorded, decided on and fed back. Mostly data and decisions, with information fed back.

Cross-industryRun by organizations in 31 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
93
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Decisions
    Regulatory compliance
    in 100% of instances
    control
  3. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 90% 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
Org structure
100%
93
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.

  • Suppliers and partners20 findings
    Dependency 17 · Dependency (public record) 2 · Manual hand-off (public record) 1 · at 19 companies
  • Sales17 findings
    Manual hand-off 8 · Dependency 5 · Bottleneck 3 · Tacit rule 1 · at 16 companies
  • Production or delivery11 findings
    Dependency 6 · Manual hand-off 3 · Bottleneck (public record) 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 11 companies
  • Customer service and support8 findings
    Dependency 4 · Informal channel 2 · Manual hand-off 1 · Workaround 1 · at 8 companies
  • Org structure7 findings
    Dependency 3 · Bottleneck (public record) 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · Informal channel (public record) 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 7 companies
  • Pricing7 findings
    Tacit rule 5 · Manual hand-off 2 · at 7 companies
  • Billing and invoicing5 findings
    Manual hand-off 3 · Dependency 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · at 3 companies
  • Regulatory compliance5 findings
    Dependency 2 · Bottleneck 1 · Tacit rule 1 · Workaround 1 · at 5 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product20%
  • marketplace10%
  • subscription9%
  • service2%
  • agency_franchise1%
  • project1%
Size
  • 1000+ people34%
  • 501-1000 people6%
  • 201-500 people5%
  • 11-50 people4%
  • 51-200 people4%
Region
  • United States45%
  • France4%
  • Germany4%
  • Switzerland4%
  • United Kingdom4%
  • China3%
Instances
The 93 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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