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The Rise of the Exponential Organization
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Many companies today are grappling with a few things: an economic downturn, potential layoffs and restructuring, and trying to keep up with the latest tech trends… all while still maintaining a growth trajectory.
In this episode, you’ll learn which companies are uniquely designed to weather this storm and what attributes these exponential organizations have. We’re joined by the co-authors of Exponential Organzations, Peter Diamandids and Salim Ismail, both also well-known for their involvement in XPrize and Singularity University, among many other companies.
Topics Covered:
Introduction
What is an ‘Exponential Organization’?
What has changed in business since 2014
Building companies with minimal cost supply ***
Can incumbents become exponential organizations?
Massive Transformative Purpose (MTPs)
How can you tell if you have a good MTP
Unilever’s MTP
Staff on demand
Building interfaces and dashboards
The importance of experimenting
The economic downturn and restructuring
Peer-to-peer collaborative technologies
Digitizing your business
Kodak example
Automation and the humans role
How have you seen companies integrate AI?
Emerging roles due to exponential trends
The framework and diagnostic survey
Creating APIs you can build on
Opportunities in the market
Resources:
Attend the Exponential Organization workshop on June 6: https://www.diamandis.com/exo
Learn more about Peter: https://www.diamandis.com/about
Learn more about Salim: https://salimismail.com/
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