System Atlas

Market and positioning → partnerships → member states → governance and decision rights

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.

Organizations running it
11
Of their industry
5%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. People
    Partnerships
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. People
    Member states
    in 91% of instances
    control
  4. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% 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
Founding treaty and mandate
73%
8
Strategy and goals
55%
6
Budgeting and forecasting
45%
5
Policies and culture
36%
4
Resolutions and decisions
36%
4
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.

  • Governance and decision rights7 findings
    Dependency 3 · Informal channel 2 · Bottleneck 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 5 companies
  • Management cadence3 findings
    Dependency 2 · Bottleneck 1 · at 3 companies
  • Voluntary and earmarked contributions3 findings
    Dependency 3 · 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
  • Country offices and field presence1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Lead generation1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Evaluation and oversight offices1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Size
  • 1000+ people36%
  • 501-1000 people9%
Region
  • Switzerland36%
  • Brazil9%
  • Canada9%
  • Central Europe9%
  • France9%
  • Germany9%
Instances
The 11 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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