System Atlas

Product or service design → market and positioning → lead generation → org structure (+2)

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
15
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    information
  2. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    money
  3. Process
    Lead generation
    in 100% of instances
    then
  4. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    then
  5. Decisions
    Policies and culture
    in 100% of instances
    information
  6. Data
    Reporting and dashboards
    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
Invariant 6
At least 90% have it
People1
Org structure
100%
15
Process2
Product or service design
100%
15
Lead generation
100%
15
Data1
Reporting and dashboards
100%
15
Decisions2
Market and positioning
100%
15
Policies and culture
100%
15
Variant 21
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People3
Suppliers and partners
80%
12
Sales
27%
4
Customer service and support
20%
3
Process5
Quality control
80%
12
Hiring
60%
9
Billing and invoicing
40%
6
Customer onboarding
20%
3
Management cadence
20%
3
Software3
Core system of record
53%
8
Integrations
40%
6
Communication tools
20%
3
Data4
Customer data
80%
12
Legal and contracts administration
33%
5
Cash and treasury
20%
3
Data management
20%
3
Decisions6
Regulatory compliance
80%
12
Pricing
67%
10
Strategy and goals
60%
9
Budgeting and forecasting
33%
5
Security and access
33%
5
Contracts
20%
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.

  • Sales2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 1 company
  • Billing and invoicing1 finding
    Manual hand-off 1 · at 1 company
  • Org structure1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Suppliers and partners1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product40%
  • marketplace27%
  • subscription27%
Size
  • 1000+ people60%
  • 51-200 people13%
  • 11-50 people7%
Region
  • United States67%
  • France7%
  • Remote (founded in the United Kingdom)7%
  • San Francisco, CA7%
  • Singapore / United States7%
Instances
The 15 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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