System Atlas

Policies and culture → strategy and goals → suppliers and partners → customer data (+3)

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

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
9
Of their industry
30%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Policies and culture
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Decisions
    Strategy and goals
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. People
    Suppliers and partners
    in 100% of instances
    material
  4. Data
    Customer data
    in 100% of instances
    then
  5. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    control
  6. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    then
  7. Data
    Reporting and dashboards
    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 7
At least 90% have it
People2
Suppliers and partners
100%
9
Org structure
100%
9
Data2
Customer data
100%
9
Reporting and dashboards
100%
9
Decisions3
Policies and culture
100%
9
Strategy and goals
100%
9
Governance and decision rights
100%
9
Variant 16
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
Process6
Lead generation
78%
7
Quality control
67%
6
Billing and invoicing
44%
4
Hiring
44%
4
Scheduling and capacity
22%
2
Management cadence
22%
2
Software3
Core system of record
67%
6
Communication tools
33%
3
Integrations
22%
2
Data2
Legal and contracts administration
44%
4
Cash and treasury
22%
2
Decisions5
Market and positioning
78%
7
Regulatory compliance
78%
7
Pricing
67%
6
Security and access
44%
4
Budgeting and forecasting
22%
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.

  • Suppliers and partners1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • marketplace44%
  • subscription33%
  • product22%
Size
  • 1000+ people56%
  • 11-50 people11%
  • 201-500 people11%
  • 51-200 people11%
Region
  • United States78%
  • Singapore / United States11%
Instances
The 9 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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