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Constructs/Process

Production or delivery → governance and decision rights → secretariat and executive head → founding treaty and mandate (+2)

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
10
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Process
    Production or delivery
    in 90% of instances
    then
  2. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 90% of instances
    control
  3. People
    Secretariat and executive head
    in 90% of instances
    then
  4. Decisions
    Founding treaty and mandate
    in 100% of instances
    then
  5. Decisions
    Resolutions and decisions
    in 100% of instances
    control
  6. 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
Invariant 6
At least 90% have it
People1
Secretariat and executive head
90%
9
Process1
Production or delivery
90%
9
Decisions4
Governance and decision rights
90%
9
Founding treaty and mandate
100%
10
Resolutions and decisions
100%
10
Market and positioning
100%
10
Variant 23
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People3
Member states
80%
8
Partnerships
60%
6
Org structure
50%
5
Process12
Norms and standards
70%
7
Management cadence
70%
7
Country offices and field presence
40%
4
Assessed contributions
40%
4
Customer onboarding
30%
3
Retention and renewal
30%
3
Hiring
30%
3
Voluntary and earmarked contributions
30%
3
Evaluation and oversight offices
30%
3
Lead generation
20%
2
Planning and scheduling
20%
2
Quality control
20%
2
Software1
Communication tools
80%
8
Data2
Data management
80%
8
Reporting and dashboards
40%
4
Decisions5
Pricing
40%
4
Budgeting and forecasting
40%
4
Policies and culture
30%
3
Contracts
20%
2
Strategy and goals
20%
2
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.

See Member
Entropy
Where it runs rough

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

  • Management cadence2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Informal channel 1 · at 2 companies
  • Production or delivery2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
  • Governance and decision rights2 findings
    Informal channel 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Pricing2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Workaround 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
  • Hiring1 finding
    Tacit rule 1 · at 1 company
  • Lead generation1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Size
  • 1000+ people30%
  • 51-200 people10%
Region
  • Switzerland30%
  • Americas and Caribbean10%
  • Central Europe10%
  • Europe10%
  • France10%
  • Geneva, Switzerland and New York City, United States10%
Instances
The 10 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

See Member