System Atlas

Hiring → market and positioning → lead generation → governance and decision rights (+5)

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
13
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Process
    Hiring
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    money
  3. Process
    Lead generation
    in 92% of instances
    money
  4. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    control
  5. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    then
  6. Decisions
    Policies and culture
    in 100% of instances
    then
  7. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    information
  8. Data
    Customer data
    in 92% of instances
    work
  9. Process
    Quality control
    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
Integrations
38%
5
Core system of record
23%
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.

  • Scheduling and capacity1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Customer onboarding1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Product or service design1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Org structure1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product46%
  • marketplace38%
  • subscription8%
Size
  • 1000+ people54%
  • 201-500 people23%
  • 501-1000 people15%
Region
  • United States77%
  • France15%
  • Singapore / United States8%
Instances
The 13 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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