3. The Trends we are up Against
• "The average half life of a
business competency has
dropped from 30 years in
1984 to 5 years in 2014”
• "89% of the Fortune 500
companies from 1955 are
NOT on the list in 2014.”
• ”The average life span of an
S&P500 company has
decreased from 67 years in
1920’s to 15 years today.”
Source – Exponential Organizations, http://www.slideshare.net/vangeest/exponential-organizations-h
4. Agenda
Part 1: Understanding the
Exponential Organization
Part 2: Understanding the
Entrepreneurs Dilemma
Part 3: What IS an EXCEPTIONAL Co-
Creation Environment, and why is it
Fundamental to the Future?
5. 1. What Is an Exponential
Organizations
Q: What is this?
8. What is an ExO?
An Organization whose impact (or
output) is disproportionately large –
at least 10x larger – compared to its
peers because of the use of new
organizational techniques that
leverage exponential technologies.
Source – Exponential Organizations, http://www.slideshare.net/vangeest/exponential-organizations-h
9. ExO’s have a Massive Tranformative
Purpose (MTP)
“The MTP is the higher,
aspirational purpose of the
organization, capturing the hearts
and minds of those both inside and
(especially) outside the
organization.”
Source – Exponential Organizations, http://www.slideshare.net/vangeest/exponential-organizations-h
10. Both Sides are Critical !
Source – Exponential Organizations, http://www.slideshare.net/vangeest/exponential-organizations-h
11.
12. Who are the ExO’s ?
See http://top100.exponentialorgs.com/
http://top100.exponentialorgs.com/
13. A Couple Finnish Companies on List
http://top100.exponentialorgs.com/
17. 2. Understanding the
Entrepreneur’s / Innovator’s
Dilemma
• Lifestyle: Work to live their passion
• Small Business: Work to feed the
family
• Scalable: Born to be Big and Global
• Buyable: Grow to be Acquisition
Target
• Social: Born to make a Difference
• Large Company Startups: Innovate
or Evaporate
18. What’s different about a Scalable
Startup?
• Breadth of an entrepreneurs’ vision
• Founders’ personal goals
• Size of the target market
• Customer and Agile development to find the
business model
• World-class founding team and initial
employees
• Passionate belief and a reality distortion field
19. According to PayPal founder
Peter Thiel in Zero to One,
• “… a good startup
should have the
potential for scale built
in to the first design…”
• “…The perfect target
market for a startup is a
small group of
particular people
(organizations)
concentrated together
and served by few or no
competitors…” Really ??
21. An Entrepreneur’s Dilemma
DON’T GET IT!
A C T I V E !!
GET IT!
A C T I V E !!
DON’T GET IT!
P A S S I V E
GET IT!
P A S S I V E
STAKEHOLDERSACTIVITYLEVEL
DEGREE THE STAKEHOLDER “GET’S IT”
22. What do Startups Want from Corps?
• Help with the early, silent (stealth) stages of
disruption
• Help to change the opinions of the people
that matter (see 4 corners)
• Investment in feedback to the startup
(positive and negative)
– Fast decisions, good, bad or ugly…
• A loud blast when the time comes
• Cost coverage and continuation if successful
23. What do Corps want from Startups?
• Establish you as a thought leader and “go-to”
place for your customers.
• Disrupt current business as little as possible
(in a negative way)
• Change your business over the next 1 – X
years.
24. 3. WHAT IS AN EXCEPTIONAL CO-
WORKING ENVIRONMENT?
25. 3. WHAT IS AN EXCEPTIONAL CO-
WORKING ENVIRONMENT?
26. 3. WHAT IS AN EXCEPTIONAL CO-
WORKING ENVIRONMENT?
• Mind-Blowing People Pass Through
• Global Physical and Digital Connectivity
• Low Barriers to Participation
• Emphasis on Doing and not Measuring
• Mutual Respect Across Disciplines,
Organizations, Cultures, Demographics
Easy Answer – To create growth.
This is a Finland problem, not a Europe problem.
These statistics show the IMPACT of startup companies today vs historically.
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.
This is what Startups are trying to do – BOTH new tech and new virtual organizational structures.
It looks like a space shuttle hanger, but…
Emilia Lahti, Anni Laurila, Maria Ritola // Pia-Henrietta, Marcus Olsson, Suvi Runsten
Salim Ismail Interviewed on Latest Book "Exponential Organizations" by Verne Harnish
Stevel Blank, a serial entrepreneur, revolutionized the thinking about a Startup.
Namely, there are more than one kind, and that scalable startups are special.
They are temporary organizations that
Market Cap, 90B
Fiscal 2014: Revenue 27.8bn,
Swoosh designed by a student for 35 dollars
Founded by Philip Knight, University of Oregon track athlete and his coach
Mind-Blowing People pass through !
Huge Emphasis on Doing and not Measuring !
Global Physical and Digital Connectivity !
Mutual Respect Across Disciplines and Organizations !
Mind-Blowing People pass through !
Huge Emphasis on Doing and not Measuring !
Global Physical and Digital Connectivity !
Mutual Respect Across Disciplines and Organizations !
Mind-Blowing People pass through
Low Barriers to Participation
Emphasis on Doing and not Measuring
Global Physical and Digital Connectivity
Mutual Respect Across Disciplines, Organizations, Cultures, Demographics