Exponential Organizations Presentation

1. Exponential Organizations
• Teodor Panayotov

4. “Any company designed
for success in the 20th
century is doomed to
failure in the 21st.”
David Rose - Gust

7. © 2009, Salim Ismail 1
Powered by progress in computing

11. Pneumatic
Robotics

14. Wired.com ; 24 April 2015

16. Internet of Things
50B devices by 2020

17. Google Confidential and Proprietary
M2M communication will be
> 50%
of data traffic by 2030
1 trillion
connected devices
using low bandwidth

18. Newspapers

20. Netflix
4 billion
hours in Q1 2013

31. Software will eat
the world, in all
sectors.
Companies need to
adapt or they will
become extinct. In
the future every
company will
become a software
company
Mark Andreessen
founder of Netscape,
renowned Venture Capitalist
“
”

34. ExO
=
MTP + SCALE + IDEAS
the ExO formula

35. MTP
=
Massive, Transformative, Purpose
the mtp

36. "Radical breakthroughs for the benefits of humanity" Xprize
"Organize the world's information" Google
"Ideas worth spreading" TED
"Make invention accessible" Quirky
“Positively impact one billion people” SU
“Open Happiness” Coca Cola
Uniquely yours
Highly Aspirational
Neither narrow nor technology specific
Aimed at Heart & Mind
Declared with sincerity & confidence
strong MTPs

37. why an MTP?
// Power of Pull – So Aspirational that a community forms
// Helps attract and retain talent
// Changes the organizational focus from internal politics to external impact
// Helps organize and keep focus during rapid growth

38. S.C.A.L.E
External Attributes of an ExO
S – Staff on Demand
C – Community & Crowd
A – Algorithms
L – Leveraged Assets
E – Engagement

40. S.C.A.L.E
External Attributes of an ExO
S – Staff on Demand
C – Community & Crowd (funding, ideas etc)
A – Algorithms
L – Leveraged Assets
E – Engagement

42. S.C.A.L.E
External Attributes of an ExO
S – Staff on Demand
C – Community & Crowd
A – Algorithms
L – Leveraged Assets
E – Engagement

44. S.C.A.L.E
External Attributes of an ExO
S – Staff on Demand
C – Community & Crowd
A – Algorithms
L – Leveraged Assets
E – Engagement

46. S.C.A.L.E
External Attributes of an ExO
S – Staff on Demand
C – Community & Crowd
A – Algorithms
L – Leveraged Assets
E – Engagement (digital reputation, gamification)

48. I.D.E.A.S
Internal Attributes of an ExO
I – Interface Processes
D – Dashboards
E – Experimentation
A – Autonomy
S – Social Technologies

50. I.D.E.A.S
Internal Attributes of an ExO
I – Interface Processes
D – Dashboards
E – Experimentation
A – Autonomy
S – Social Technologies
OKRs: Objectives
& Key Results

51. OKR -
Objectives
and Key
Results

52. I.D.E.A.S
Internal Attributes of an ExO
I – Interface Processes
D – Dashboards
E – Experimentation
A – Autonomy
S – Social Technologies

54. I.D.E.A.S
Internal Attributes of an ExO
I – Interface Processes
D – Dashboards
E – Experimentation
A – Autonomy
S – Social Technologies

56. I.D.E.A.S
Internal Attributes of an ExO
I – Interface Processes
D – Dashboards
E – Experimentation
A – Autonomy
S – Social Technologies

62. Company Age (years) 2011 Valuation 2014 Valuation Increase
Haier 30 $19 billion $60 billion 3x
Valve 18 $1.5 billion $4.5 billion 3x
Google 17 $150 billion $400 billion 2.5x
Uber 7 $2 billion $20 billion 10x
Airbnb 6 $2 billion $10 billion 5x
Github 6 $500 million
(est)
$7 billion 14x
Waze 6 $25 million $1 billion (in 50x
Valuation increase - 10 quarters

63. Key Takeaways
“Experts” tell you how something can’t be done.
Rent, don’t own, assets.
Everything is being turned into information, and is thus
measurable and knowable.
An ExO Diagnostic can help you score and analyze your
organization.

65. Questions?
teodor@coursedot.com

66. Reading list:
• Exponential Organizations Book – Salim Ismail
• Abundance – Peter Diamandis
• Yu Kai-Chou on gamification
• The Alliance – Reid Hoffmann
• Valve Employee Handbook
• Hard Thing About Hard Things – Ben Horrowitz
• Zero to One – Peter Thiel
• Innovator`s Dilemma – Clayton Christensen
• Exponentialorgs.com – rate your own company
• Bold – Peter Diamandis
• Enchanted Objects – David Rose
• Startup Nation – Saul Singer, Dan Senor