System Atlas

Org structure → policies and culture → market and positioning → lead generation (+2)

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
23
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. People
    Org structure
    in 96% of instances
    then
  2. Decisions
    Policies and culture
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    money
  4. Process
    Lead generation
    in 100% of instances
    then
  5. Process
    Product or service design
    in 96% of instances
    money
  6. People
    Suppliers and partners
    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
People2
Sales
39%
9
Customer service and support
39%
9
Process6
Hiring
74%
17
Quality control
70%
16
Production or delivery
43%
10
Customer onboarding
39%
9
Billing and invoicing
39%
9
Logistics and fulfilment
22%
5
Software2
Integrations
48%
11
Core system of record
43%
10
Data5
Customer data
65%
15
Reporting and dashboards
52%
12
Legal and contracts administration
30%
7
Data management
26%
6
Cash and treasury
22%
5
Decisions8
Strategy and goals
78%
18
Pricing
74%
17
Regulatory compliance
74%
17
Governance and decision rights
74%
17
Security and access
57%
13
Contracts
43%
10
Performance and pay
26%
6
Budgeting and forecasting
22%
5
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 3 · Dependency (public record) 1 · Manual hand-off (public record) 1 · at 5 companies
  • Pricing3 findings
    Manual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 3 companies
  • Sales3 findings
    Manual hand-off 2 · Dependency 1 · at 2 companies
  • Production or delivery2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
  • Billing and invoicing1 finding
    Manual hand-off 1 · at 1 company
  • Customer onboarding1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Hiring1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product30%
  • subscription26%
  • marketplace22%
  • asset4%
Size
  • 1000+ people30%
  • 201-500 people13%
  • 501-1000 people9%
  • 51-200 people9%
  • 11-50 people4%
Region
  • United States57%
  • France9%
  • Bay Area, CA and Amsterdam, NL4%
  • Los Angeles, California, United States4%
  • Northern California, United States4%
  • Remote (founded in the United Kingdom)4%
Instances
The 23 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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