System Atlas

Market and positioning → lead generation → governance and decision rights → org structure (+4)

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

Within one industryHolds in Information & media. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
17
Of their industry
1%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    money
  2. Process
    Lead generation
    in 94% of instances
    money
  3. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    control
  4. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    then
  5. Decisions
    Policies and culture
    in 100% of instances
    then
  6. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    information
  7. Data
    Customer data
    in 100% of instances
    work
  8. Process
    Quality control
    in 94% 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
Integrations
47%
8
Core system of record
41%
7
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.

  • Scheduling and capacity2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 2 · at 2 companies
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Product or service design1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Org structure1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product47%
  • marketplace35%
  • subscription18%
Size
  • 1000+ people53%
  • 201-500 people12%
  • 501-1000 people12%
  • 11-50 people6%
  • 51-200 people6%
Region
  • United States82%
  • France6%
  • Singapore / United States6%
Instances
The 17 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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