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Member states → governance and decision rights → founding treaty and mandate → market and positioning

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

Cross-industryRun by organizations in 6 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
15
Of their industry
6%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. People
    Member states
    in 93% of instances
    control
  2. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. Decisions
    Founding treaty and mandate
    in 100% of instances
    control
  4. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    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
People4
Partnerships
80%
12
Secretariat and executive head
80%
12
Org structure
40%
6
Customer service and support
27%
4
Process14
Production or delivery
73%
11
Norms and standards
73%
11
Management cadence
60%
9
Country offices and field presence
40%
6
Hiring
40%
6
Evaluation and oversight offices
40%
6
Customer onboarding
33%
5
Lead generation
27%
4
Product or service design
27%
4
Planning and scheduling
27%
4
Quality control
27%
4
Assessed contributions
27%
4
Retention and renewal
20%
3
Voluntary and earmarked contributions
20%
3
Software1
Communication tools
80%
12
Data3
Data management
73%
11
Inventory and assets
33%
5
Reporting and dashboards
27%
4
Decisions6
Resolutions and decisions
60%
9
Budgeting and forecasting
47%
7
Policies and culture
40%
6
Strategy and goals
40%
6
Pricing
33%
5
Regulatory compliance
20%
3
Variant · where they differ
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

See Member
Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

See Member
Entropy
Where it runs rough

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

  • Governance and decision rights6 findings
    Dependency 2 · Tacit rule 2 · Bottleneck 1 · Informal channel 1 · at 5 companies
  • Management cadence3 findings
    Dependency 2 · Informal channel 1 · at 3 companies
  • Pricing3 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · Workaround 1 · at 3 companies
  • Hiring2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Org structure2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 2 companies
  • Resolutions and decisions2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Secretariat and executive head2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Voluntary and earmarked contributions2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Size
  • 1000+ people20%
  • 51-200 people7%
Region
  • Switzerland27%
  • France13%
  • Americas and Caribbean7%
  • Brazil7%
  • Canada7%
  • Central Europe7%
Instances
The 15 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

See Member