Lex Sisney | Organizational Physics
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Organizational Physics 101:
Success & Happiness
Systems Thinking for Breakthrough Business Performance

4 Big Questions
1. Success: How do we drive success and have
greater satisfaction?
2. Management: How do we build and manage
powerhouse teams?
3. Strategy: What should we do next and why?
4. Execution: How do we do it quickly?
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Framework
Real-world experience
Management theory
Physics
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Gravity.
It’s not just a good idea.
It’s the law.

Approach
Collaborative
Top-down
Systems thinking
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Outcomes
• Founder’s Trap
• Incomplete priorities
• Amnesia
• Internal friction
• Sales, no profits
• The B/C Team
• Founder’s Freedom
• Committed strategy
• Compelling story
• Fast execution
• Sales with profits $$
• The A Team
From… To…
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Get started…
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How to drive success and satisfaction
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2 – 3% Are High Achievers
2 – 3%2 – 3% 95%

.2 - .3% Are Happy High Achievers
2 – 3%2 – 3% 95%
10% HAPPY

A Systems Perspective

Systems and the Laws of
Thermodynamics
1. Conservation
The potential amount of energy is fixed.
2. Entropy
Everything falls apart over time.
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Success = [ –––––––––– ]
Integration
Entropy
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Success = [ –––––––––– ]
Integration
Entropy
Opportunities Capabilities
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Opportunities & Capabilities
Capability
Opportunity
GrowingShrinking
Unique
Generic
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Success = [ –––––––––– ]
Integration
Entropy
Indicates the amount of energy required to
maintain the system and get work done
Opportunities Capabilities
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Success = [ –––––––––– ]
Integration
Entropy
Then, if any remains, here
Available energy first flows here
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[Integration
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Success = [ –––––––––– ]
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50
100 Arbitrary Points of Energy…
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Success = [ –––––––––– ]
50
50
100 Arbitrary Points of Energy…
Warning!
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Success = [ –––––––––– ]
?
25
100 Arbitrary Points of Energy…
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Success = [ –––––––––– ]
75
25
100 Arbitrary Points of Energy…
Awesome!
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Happiness= [ –––––––––– ]
Integration
Entropy
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Successful and Happy
2 – 3%2 – 3% 95%
10% HAPPY

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