Yuri van Geest is the author of Exponential Organizations and initiator and founding CEO of Singularity University NL. The document discusses exponential technologies like AI, robotics, biotech, computing and their ability to accelerate capabilities while reducing costs. It defines exponential organizations as those whose impact is disproportionately large, at least 10x, compared to peers through use of new organizational techniques leveraging exponential technologies. Examples provided include GitHub, Xiaomi, and Haier, organized around principles like autonomy, community engagement, and experimentation. Strategies are discussed for how corporations can create their own exponential organizations.

1. Yuri van Geest
Author of Exponential Organizations
Initiator, Dutch Ambassador, Founding CEO
of Singularity University NL (NASA & Google)

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

4. Accelerating
Technologies
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Robotics
Biotech
Nanotech
Medicine
Neuroscience
Energy
Computing

5. 5
New Energy Sources
‘Solar and Air’

6. Ubiquitous Energy - Glass Solar Panels

7. Soon: Turnkey Solutions w/ Solar embedded
Sensors, Artificial Intelligence,
Software, Dashboards
3D printing, Nanomaterials, Solar
panels, Nano Fridge (DIY Food)

8. Manchester University - Energy from Air

9. 9
Starting with Sensors (Internet of
Things) and Advanced AI (Deep
Learning)

10. Google DeepMind: Deep Learning
Big Data
$500M
acquired by
Google for
Artificial Intelligence

12. Sentient AI

13. 13
Self Driving Cars

14. Audi RS 7 - Autonomous Car

17. 17
Block chain
‘Trust protocol / machine;
decentralized, algorithmic trust’

18. Blockchain

19. Exponential Technologies
Declining Costs
Increasing
Capabilities

20. Programmable,
Connected,
Decentralized
world of
Abundance

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

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

24. “89% of the Fortune
500 companies from
1955 are not on the
list today”

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

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

27. Market Cap to a Billion

28. Why are there ExOs?

29. Linear > Exponential

30. Scarcity > Abundance

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

32. What are ExOs?

33. 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.
Definition

34. Software is eating the
world, in all sectors
In the future every
company will become a
software companyMarc Andreessen
founder of Netscape,
renowned Venture Capitalist
Andreessen-Horowitz

35. Attributes

36. Linear vs Exponential
Linear, sequential
thinking
Experimentation and
feedback loops

37. Linear vs Exponential
Process inflexibility and
risk intolerance
Flexibility and smart
failure celebration

38. Linear vs Exponential
Innovation from inside,
large number of FTEs
Innovation at the edges
and from outside sources

39. Examples of ExOs

40. MTP
Staff on Demand Interfaces
Community & Crowd Dashboards
Algorithms Experimentation
Leveraged Assets Autonomy
Engagement Social
GitHub - GitHub is an open source code and collaboration community with 10
million members, 21 million repositories and market cap of $10B. Key
differentiator: technical infrastructure of the internet as organizational design
Best ExOs

41. MTP
Staff on Demand Interfaces
Community & Crowd Dashboards
Algorithms Experimentation
Leveraged Assets Autonomy
Engagement Social
Xiaomi - Chinese smartphone company, focusing on performance, quality and
customer experience. Has a flat organization consisting of 5.000 employees
and leverages a Community of 100 million fans for product ideation & iteration.
Best ExOs

42. MTP
Staff on Demand Interfaces
Community & Crowd Dashboards
Algorithms Experimentation
Leveraged Assets Autonomy
Engagement Social
Haier - Chinese appliance maker with 80,000 employees organized in 2005 in
2,000 self-managed units with decision-making authority (Autonomy). Market
cap grew from $20B to $60B today in the last 3 years.
Corporate Example

43. How to create ExOs?

44. Strategies for Corporates

45. Best Business Book of 2014 Award
by Frost & Sullivan
One of the all-time highest rated
business books on Amazon
(4,8 out of 5)
(Soon) available in 15 languages,
including all top 8 languages incl.
Chinese

46. Yuri van Geest
Co-Author Exponential Organizations
+31 6 113 19 290 @vangeest
Yuri.vangeest@singularityu.org
www.exponentialorgs.com