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
- PeopleOrg structurein 100% of instancesthen
- DecisionsStrategy and goalsin 100% of instancescontrol
- DecisionsMarket and positioningin 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
Reporting and dashboards
26%
18
Cash and treasury
22%
15
Data management
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 findingsDependency 18 · Dependency (public record) 2 · at 19 companies
- Sales19 findingsManual hand-off 10 · Dependency 6 · Bottleneck 1 · Informal channel 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 18 companies
- Production or delivery13 findingsDependency 8 · Bottleneck 2 · Manual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 13 companies
- Quality control9 findingsDependency 7 · Bottleneck 2 · at 9 companies
- Customer service and support8 findingsDependency 3 · Informal channel 3 · Tacit rule 1 · Workaround 1 · at 8 companies
- Customer onboarding7 findingsDependency 6 · Bottleneck 1 · at 7 companies
- Org structure6 findingsDependency 2 · Bottleneck (public record) 1 · Informal channel (public record) 1 · Tacit rule 1 · Workaround (public record) 1 · at 6 companies
- Hiring5 findingsBottleneck 2 · Tacit rule 2 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 4 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Industries
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.