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Governance and decision rights → strategy and goals (control flow)

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

Cross-industryRun by organizations in 9 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
11
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    control
  2. Decisions
    Strategy and goals
    in 100% of instances
    control
  3. 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 3
At least 90% have it
Decisions3
Governance and decision rights
100%
11
Strategy and goals
100%
11
Market and positioning
100%
11
Variant 21
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People4
Customer service and support
55%
6
Partnerships
27%
3
Suppliers and partners
27%
3
Member states
27%
3
Process9
Product or service design
45%
5
Procurement
45%
5
Hiring
45%
5
Onboarding and training
45%
5
Lead generation
36%
4
Management cadence
36%
4
Planning and scheduling
27%
3
Quality control
27%
3
Customer onboarding
27%
3
Software1
Communication tools
27%
3
Data2
Inventory and assets
27%
3
Data management
27%
3
Decisions5
Budgeting and forecasting
36%
4
Licences and registrations
36%
4
Regulatory compliance
36%
4
Health, safety and environment
36%
4
Policies and culture
27%
3
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 cadence3 findings
    Bottleneck 2 · Dependency 1 · at 3 companies
  • Governance and decision rights2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Budgeting and forecasting1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Customer onboarding1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Lead generation1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Planning and scheduling1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Procurement1 finding
    Tacit rule 1 · at 1 company
  • Customer service and support1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • service9%
  • subscription9%
Size
  • 1000+ people27%
  • 501-1000 people18%
  • 11-50 people9%
Region
  • Switzerland27%
  • United Kingdom27%
  • Canada9%
  • East Africa9%
  • Eurasia9%
  • Saudi Arabia9%
Instances
The 11 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

See Member