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Exponential Organizations
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Exponential Organizations

Why New Organizations Are Ten Times Better, Faster, and Cheaper Than Yours (and What to Do About It)

Salim Ismail, Michael S. Malone and Yuri van Geest
Diversion Books, 2014

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8

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Recommendation

Authors Salim Ismail and Yuri van Geest – part of the future-oriented Singularity University – along with technology writer Michael S. Malone consolidate changes, ideas and soon-to-come technologies they’ve used, seen and heard about into a how-to manual for changing the business world. Command-and-control, hierarchy-heavy enterprises will not endure. Every company is or will evolve into an information-based entity, in which costs fall to nearly zero, abundance replaces scarcity and only “Exponential Organizations” (ExOs) survive. Dinosaur firms must change rapidly or face extinction. The authors are perhaps a bit too evangelical in their fervor, but their extraordinary vision may inspire executives, entrepreneurs and investors.

Take-Aways

  • Countless industries will digitize; the digital revolution so far is just the tip of the iceberg.
  • Every company is or will evolve into an information-based entity.
  • Unlike their traditional predecessors, “Exponential Organizations” (ExOs) thrive on abundance, not scarcity.

About the Authors

Salim Ismail is the founder and executive director at Singularity University, where Yuri van Geest is managing director. Michael S. Malone is an award-winning technology journalist.

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