Salim Ismail wrote the book Exponential Organizations to teach organizations how to think differently in order to have an impact 10 times larger than their peers. The book outlines 10 principles for exponential organizations, including staffing on demand, building communities and crowds, using algorithms and machine learning, leveraging assets, and using gamification to motivate external networks. Internally, exponential organizations use interfaces to manage resources, track data obsessively with dashboards, conduct small experiments, allow autonomy for employees, and use social technologies to organize teams.

1. EXPONENTIAL
ORGANIZATIONS
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2. Salim Ismail wrote the
book Exponential
Organizations - those
whose impact is at least
10x larger than their
peers - to teach us how
they think differently
than the rest of us.
10x

3. Here are 10 ways you can start doing the
same. Externally, use these principles…
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4. 1. Staff on Demand
Tap into the vast world-wide
network of talent when you need it.
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5. 2. Community & Crowd
Build them so that the best people
find you.
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6. 3. Algorithms
Machine learning may sound scary,
but it’s the future of business.
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7. 4. Leveraged Assets
Own only what’s critical to your
business, and outsource the rest.
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8. 5. Gamification
Use gamification to motivate the
right behaviours from your external
network.
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9. 1. Interfaces
Use them to manage your external
resources and community.
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10. 2. Dashboards
Track data obsessively so you can
make better decisions.
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11. 3. Experimentation
Creating the future is unpredictable.
Create small experiments to keep what
might work, and discard what doesn’t.
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12. 4. Autonomy
Allow your employees the room to
do their best work.
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13. 5. Social Technologies
Use them to organize your
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