Yuri van Geest
- Co-Author Exponential Organizations
- Dutch Ambassador of SU
- Managing Director of the
Singularity University Summit Europe
- Co-Founder Quantified Self Europe
- Co-Founder Lean Startup Machine NL
The a erage half life of a business competency has
dropped from 30 years in
to ears i .
% of the Fortu e companies from 1955 are
not o the list i .
The a erage lifespa of an S&P 500 company has
decreased from:
ears ’s to ears toda .
I the e t ears 40% of all S&P 500
companies will
disappear fro this list
Market Cap to a Billion
While the information-based world is now moving
exponentially, our organizational structures are
still very linear (especially larger and older ones)
Key Point
Linear vs. Exponential
We’ e lear ed ho to scale technology (mainly cloud
computing since 2006)
No it’s ti e to scale the organization: strategy,
structure, processes, culture, KPIs, people and systems
Key Challenge
Software is eating the
world, in all sectors
In the future every
company will become a
software company Mark Andreessen
founder of Netscape,
renowned Venture Capitalist
Andreessen-Horowitz
ExOs: Everything will become digital
• social, mobile & online for front-end functions
• nanotech, robotics, 3D printing, sensors, AI
• crowdsourcing (leveraging the crowd), DIY*, P2P**, crowd companies, AI, Nanofactories
• *Do-It-Yourself: Movement of people who create things without the help of experts or professionals
•**:Peer-to-Peer: a decentralized network leveraging direct interactions between people
An Exponential Organization (ExO) is one whose
impact (or output) is disproportionally large — at
least 10x larger — compared to its peers because
of the use of new organizational techniques that
leverage exponential technologies.
Definition
Our organizational structures have evolved mainly to
manage scarcity of people, money and assets /
resources.
The concept of ownership works well for scarcity
Accessing or sharing works better in an abundant,
information-based world.
Insight
Attributes
ExOs are perfectly fitted for
ASEAN region due to large
amount of young people
embracing its attributes !
Opportunity
Best ExOs
MTP
Staff on Demand Interfaces
Community & Crowd Dashboards
Algorithms Experimentation
Leveraged Assets Autonomy
Engagement Social
Xiaomi - Low-end Android smartphone company, focusing on performance, quality and customer experience. Has a flat structure consisting of 4,300 employees of which 30% is in R&D.
Best ExOs
Rent, do ’t o assets, people & resources
Marginal cost of supply is dropping exponentially
for the first time ever (besides marginal costs of
demand) >>> double viral loops or network effects
Takeaways
Strategies
MTP
Staff on Demand Interfaces
Community & Crowd Dashboards
Algorithms Experimentation
Leveraged Assets Autonomy
Engagement Social
Haier - Chinese appliance maker with 80,000 employees organized in 2,000 self-managed units with decision-making authority. The company is constantly improving processes which contributed to $30 billion in sales for 2013 alone.
Corporate Example
ExO performance improvement
ExO Market Cap improvement
EXPONENTIAL
ORGANIZATIONS
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