Yuri van Geest, co-author of 'Exponential Organizations', outlines the impact of exponential technologies on business, emphasizing that organizations leveraging these technologies can achieve outputs significantly larger than their peers. He notes the rapid decline in the lifespan of companies and the shift towards software-driven models across all sectors. The document highlights the importance of adaptability and innovation in an increasingly connected and decentralized world.

1. Yuri
van
Geest
Author
of
Exponen.al
Organiza.ons
Ini.ator,
Dutch
Ambassador,
Founding
CEO
of
Singularity
University
NL
(NASA
&
Google)

2. // zero friction to move/copy
// zero marginal cost
// apply computation
// data correlations
// machine learning
// modeling
// simulations
// 100% democratization
of effort/innovation
Why information »
exponential

3. Accelerating
Technologies
Al
Robotics
Biotech
Nanotech
Medicine
Neuroscience
Energy
Computing

4. 4
Star.ng
with
Sensors
(Internet
of
Things)
and
Advanced
AI
(Deep
Learning)

5. Google
DeepMind:
Deep
Learning
Big
Data
$500M
acquired
by
Google
for
Ar.ficial
Intelligence

7. 7
Self
Driving
Cars

8. Audi
RS
7
-­‐
Autonomous
Car

9. 9
Block
chain
‘Trust
protocol
/
machine;
decentralized,
algorithmic
trust’

10. Exponential Technologies
Declining
Costs
Increasing
Capabili.es

11. Programmable,
Connected,
Decentralized
world
of
Abundance

13. Honored
to
be
Nominated
for
the
Oscars
of
Management
Books:
Thinkers50
Breakthrough
Idea
Award
Other
nominees:

14.
“The
average
half
life
of
a
business
competency
has
dropped
from
30
years
in
1984
to
5
years
today”

15.
“89%
of
the
Fortune
500
companies
from
1955
are
not
on
the
list
today”

16.
“The
average
lifespan
of
an
S&P
500
company
has
decreased
from:
67
years
(1920’s)
to
15
years
(today)”

17.
“In
the
next
10
years
40%
of
all
S&P
500
companies
will
disappear
from
this
list”

18. Market Cap to a Billion

19. Why
are
there
ExOs?

20. Linear > Exponential

21. Scarcity > Abundance

22. Time to scale the organization
Source:
McKinsey
7S
model

23. What
are
ExOs?

24. An
Exponen.al
Organiza.on
(ExO)
is
one
whose
impact
(or
output)
is
dispropor.onally
large
—
at
least
10x
larger
—
compared
to
its
peers
because
of
the
use
of
new
organiza.onal
techniques
that
leverage
exponen.al
technologies.
Definition

25. So=ware
is
ea>ng
the
world,
in
all
sectors
In
the
future
every
company
will
become
a
so=ware
company!Marc
Andreessen
founder
of
Netscape,
renowned
Venture
Capitalist
Andreessen-­‐Horowitz

26. Attributes

27. Yuri
van
Geest
Co-­‐Author
Exponen.al
Organiza.ons
+31
6
113
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@vangeest
Yuri.vangeest@singularityu.org
www.exponen.alorgs.com