System Atlas

Market and positioning → partnerships → member states → production or delivery (+2)

Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.

Cross-industryRun by organizations in 6 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
10
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. People
    Partnerships
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. People
    Member states
    in 90% of instances
    work
  4. Process
    Production or delivery
    in 90% of instances
    then
  5. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    control
  6. People
    Secretariat and executive head
    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
People3
Partnerships
100%
10
Member states
90%
9
Secretariat and executive head
100%
10
Process1
Production or delivery
90%
9
Decisions2
Market and positioning
100%
10
Governance and decision rights
100%
10
Variant 28
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People2
Org structure
40%
4
Customer service and support
30%
3
Process13
Norms and standards
80%
8
Country offices and field presence
60%
6
Management cadence
60%
6
Hiring
50%
5
Lead generation
30%
3
Product or service design
30%
3
Quality control
30%
3
Assessed contributions
30%
3
Voluntary and earmarked contributions
30%
3
Planning and scheduling
20%
2
Customer onboarding
20%
2
Retention and renewal
20%
2
Evaluation and oversight offices
20%
2
Software2
Communication tools
70%
7
Systems: tools and data
20%
2
Data4
Data management
60%
6
Inventory and assets
30%
3
Reporting and dashboards
30%
3
Customer data
20%
2
Decisions7
Founding treaty and mandate
80%
8
Resolutions and decisions
60%
6
Strategy and goals
50%
5
Pricing
40%
4
Budgeting and forecasting
30%
3
Policies and culture
30%
3
Regulatory compliance
20%
2
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.

  • Governance and decision rights5 findings
    Dependency 2 · Bottleneck 1 · Informal channel 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 3 companies
  • Hiring2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Org structure2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 2 companies
  • Pricing2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Voluntary and earmarked contributions2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
  • Customer data1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Production or delivery1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Lead generation1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Size
  • 1000+ people30%
  • 501-1000 people10%
Region
  • Switzerland40%
  • France20%
  • Americas and Caribbean10%
  • Germany10%
  • Indonesia10%
Instances
The 10 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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