Org structure → hiring → market and positioning → product or service design
Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.
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
- 39
- Of their industry
- 38%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
- PeopleOrg structurein 92% of instancesthen
- ProcessHiringin 100% of instancesthen
- DecisionsMarket and positioningin 100% of instancesmoney
- ProcessProduct or service designin 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
Org structure
92%
36
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 partners12 findingsDependency 10 · Dependency (public record) 1 · Manual hand-off (public record) 1 · at 12 companies
- Sales7 findingsDependency 3 · Manual hand-off 3 · Bottleneck 1 · at 7 companies
- Production or delivery5 findingsDependency 2 · Bottleneck 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 5 companies
- Product or service design4 findingsBottleneck 1 · Dependency 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · Informal channel 1 · at 4 companies
- Customer onboarding3 findingsDependency 2 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 3 companies
- Hiring3 findingsTacit rule 2 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 2 companies
- Customer service and support3 findingsDependency 2 · Informal channel 1 · at 3 companies
- Uptime and incident response2 findingsDependency 2 · at 2 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Industries
Business model
- product21%
- marketplace13%
- subscription8%
- service3%
Size
- 1000+ people26%
- 201-500 people10%
- 11-50 people5%
- 501-1000 people5%
- 51-200 people5%
Region
- United States56%
- San Francisco, United States8%
- Bay Area, CA and Amsterdam, NL3%
- Canada3%
- China3%
- Germany / United States3%
Instances
The 39 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.