System Atlas

Market and positioning → lead generation → org structure → pricing (+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. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 91% of instances
    money
  2. Process
    Lead generation
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. People
    Org structure
    in 91% of instances
    then
  4. Decisions
    Pricing
    in 100% of instances
    control
  5. Process
    Product or service design
    in 96% of instances
    information
  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
Hiring
61%
14
Production or delivery
52%
12
Quality control
48%
11
Customer onboarding
35%
8
Billing and invoicing
35%
8
Scheduling and capacity
26%
6
Logistics and fulfilment
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.

  • Pricing4 findings
    Manual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 1 · Workaround (public record) 1 · at 4 companies
  • Suppliers and partners4 findings
    Dependency 3 · Manual hand-off (public record) 1 · at 4 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
  • Scheduling and capacity1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 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
  • subscription39%
  • product35%
  • marketplace9%
  • asset4%
Size
  • 1000+ people17%
  • 11-50 people9%
  • 201-500 people9%
  • 501-1000 people9%
  • 51-200 people9%
Region
  • United States52%
  • Bay Area, CA and Amsterdam, NL4%
  • France4%
  • India4%
  • Los Angeles, California, United States4%
  • New Zealand4%
Instances
The 23 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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