System Atlas

Org structure → strategy and goals → market and positioning

How information is recorded, decided on and fed back. Mostly data and decisions, with information fed back.

Cross-industryRun by organizations in 14 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
69
Of their industry
2%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Decisions
    Strategy and goals
    in 100% of instances
    control
  3. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 93% 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
Production or delivery
77%
53
Lead generation
72%
50
Hiring
68%
47
Customer onboarding
45%
31
Quality control
32%
22
Learning and improvement
25%
17
Billing and invoicing
22%
15
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 partners20 findings
    Dependency 18 · Dependency (public record) 2 · at 19 companies
  • Sales19 findings
    Manual hand-off 10 · Dependency 6 · Bottleneck 1 · Informal channel 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 18 companies
  • Production or delivery13 findings
    Dependency 8 · Bottleneck 2 · Manual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 13 companies
  • Quality control9 findings
    Dependency 7 · Bottleneck 2 · at 9 companies
  • Customer service and support8 findings
    Dependency 3 · Informal channel 3 · Tacit rule 1 · Workaround 1 · at 8 companies
  • Customer onboarding7 findings
    Dependency 6 · Bottleneck 1 · at 7 companies
  • Org structure6 findings
    Dependency 2 · Bottleneck (public record) 1 · Informal channel (public record) 1 · Tacit rule 1 · Workaround (public record) 1 · at 6 companies
  • Hiring5 findings
    Bottleneck 2 · Tacit rule 2 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 4 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product10%
  • subscription10%
  • marketplace1%
  • service1%
Size
  • 1000+ people13%
  • 11-50 people6%
  • 201-500 people6%
  • 51-200 people6%
  • 501-1000 people3%
  • 1-10 people1%
Region
  • United States48%
  • Japan4%
  • San Francisco, United States4%
  • Canada3%
  • North America3%
  • United Kingdom3%
Instances
The 69 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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