Hiring → strategy and goals → product or service design → market and positioning (+1)
Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.
Cross-industryRun by organizations in 7 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.
- Organizations running it
- 60
- Of their industry
- 3%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
- ProcessHiringin 100% of instancesthen
- DecisionsStrategy and goalsin 92% of instancescontrol
- ProcessProduct or service designin 92% of instancesinformation
- DecisionsMarket and positioningin 100% of instancesinformation
- ProcessProduction or deliveryin 90% of instances
Coloured arrows: a flow of that type seen between the two at instance organizations. Grey arrows: order only.
Structure
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 partners23 findingsDependency 22 · Workaround 1 · at 21 companies
- Sales21 findingsManual hand-off 12 · Dependency 7 · Bottleneck 1 · Informal channel 1 · at 20 companies
- Production or delivery12 findingsDependency 7 · Bottleneck 2 · Manual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 12 companies
- Customer onboarding10 findingsDependency 8 · Bottleneck 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 9 companies
- Hiring8 findingsBottleneck 2 · Dependency 2 · Tacit rule 2 · Informal channel 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 7 companies
- Quality control6 findingsDependency 6 · at 6 companies
- Customer service and support6 findingsDependency 2 · Tacit rule 2 · Informal channel 1 · Workaround 1 · at 6 companies
- Health, safety and environment5 findingsWorkaround 2 · Bottleneck 1 · Dependency 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 5 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Industries
Business model
- product3%
- subscription3%
Size
- 51-200 people8%
- 11-50 people5%
- 201-500 people5%
- 501-1000 people5%
- 1000+ people3%
Region
- United States40%
- San Francisco, United States8%
- France3%
- North America3%
- San Francisco3%
- United Kingdom3%
Instances
The 60 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.