System Atlas

Strategy and goals → governance and decision rights → org structure

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

Within one industryHolds in Information & media. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
38
Of their industry
35%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Strategy and goals
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    control
  3. People
    Org structure
    in 92% 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
People2
Suppliers and partners
74%
28
Sales
24%
9
Process6
Lead generation
58%
22
Quality control
42%
16
Production or delivery
37%
14
Hiring
34%
13
Billing and invoicing
32%
12
Scheduling and capacity
29%
11
Software3
Core system of record
61%
23
Integrations
34%
13
Communication tools
21%
8
Data4
Customer data
76%
29
Reporting and dashboards
76%
29
Legal and contracts administration
29%
11
Cash and treasury
21%
8
Decisions6
Market and positioning
66%
25
Pricing
66%
25
Regulatory compliance
66%
25
Policies and culture
39%
15
Security and access
39%
15
Budgeting and forecasting
21%
8
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.

  • Suppliers and partners5 findings
    Dependency (public record) 3 · Dependency 1 · Manual hand-off (public record) 1 · at 5 companies
  • Governance and decision rights3 findings
    Dependency 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · Tacit rule (public record) 1 · at 3 companies
  • Scheduling and capacity2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 2 · at 2 companies
  • Org structure2 findings
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Quality control2 findings
    Bottleneck 1 · Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Communication tools1 finding
    Workaround (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Customer data1 finding
    Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Integrations1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product45%
  • subscription32%
  • marketplace16%
Size
  • 1000+ people47%
  • 11-50 people11%
  • 51-200 people8%
  • 201-500 people5%
  • 501-1000 people5%
Region
  • United States68%
  • South Korea5%
  • Canada3%
  • China3%
  • France3%
  • India3%
Instances
The 38 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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