System Atlas

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.

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
Element
Share of instances
Companies
Communication tools
27%
3
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.

  • 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.