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
 Key Point

While the information-based world is now moving

exponentially, our organizational structures are
still very linear (especially larger and older ones)
Linear vs. Exponential
 Key Challenge

We e lear ed ho to scale technology (mainly cloud

computing since 2006)

No its ti e to scale the organization: strategy,

structure, processes, culture, KPIs, people and systems
 Software is eating the
world, in all sectors

In the future every

company will become a
Mark Andreessen
founder of Netscape,
software company
renowned Venture Capitalist
Andreessen-Horowitz
 ExOs: Everything will become digital

crowdsourcing (leveraging
social, mobile & online for nanotech, robotics, 3D the crowd), DIY*, P2P**,
front-end functions printing, sensors, AI 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
 Definition

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.
 Insight

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.
Attributes
 Opportunity

ExOs are perfectly fitted for

ASEAN region due to large
amount of young people
embracing its attributes !
Best ExOs
 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.
 Takeaways

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
Strategies
 Corporate Example
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.
ExO performance improvement
ExO Market Cap improvement
 EXPONENTIAL
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