"Salim Ismail presented the methodology to our 150-employee team and [the ExO Works coaches] spent 10 weeks with Visa. The employees came up with 135 ideas for new products, which we filtered down to 30—then 16, and finally down to four. Some ideas will become products and some will continue to be developed internally. Business aside, the multidisciplinary spirit of [the ExO Sprint] has had a profound impact on our company."

- Fernando Teles

Country Manager of VISA Brazil

What is an Exponential Organization?

Exponential Organizations (“ExOs”) are a new class of businesses born from the rapid advancement of technology and the implementation of the 11 core attributes needed for true 21st century success. ExOs displace and ultimately replace traditional businesses by operating 10x more effectively and efficiently.

By design, ExOs keep a small footprint, remain agile and lean, tap into abundance through technology—and scale at a rate that is unobtainable via traditional, linear business models. Some notable ExOs are:

How To Become One?

The ExO Sprint

Advance the strategic thinking of your organization by two years in just ten weeks. You will learn to harness the power of accelerating technologies; to construct an enterprise that is agile, adaptive, and innovative; to compete in a rapidly changing world; and to optimize your business for scaling.

Awake
Align
Define
Disrupt
Refine
Launch

Awake

Half day session for an extended audience to learn about exponential technologies, linear versus exponential thinking and disruption.
Align

Two day session to review current strategy, analyze the current organization, discuss major opportunities and risks and train on the ExO methodology.
Define Phase

Evaluation of disruptive startups, accelerating technologies and strategic directions, ‘discovery’, followed by ’ideation’ and ’build’ where early stage initiatives are created for presentation to senior executives.
Disrupt Session

Intensive one day session where teams pitch their initiatives to a panel of their own senior executives and ExO Ecosystem members who have extensive start up experience.
Refine Phase

Redefinition of each teams initiatives based on feedback. Facilitated teamwork and access to the ExO Ecosystem to move through ‘correct’, prototype’, ‘validate’ and ‘improve’ steps.
Launch Session

The highlight of the Sprint. Each team pitches their initiatives one last time during an intensive one day session to their CEO/C-Suite. After this session, the C-Suite will advise on which initiatives will move forward for further incubation.

Align
Two day session to review current strategy, analyze the current organization, discuss major opportunities and risks and train on the ExO methodology.
Awake
Half day session for an extended audience to learn about exponential technologies, linear versus exponential thinking and disruption.
Define Phase
Evaluation of disruptive startups, accelerating technologies and strategic directions, ‘discovery’, followed by ’ideation’ and ’build’ where early stage initiatives are created for presentation to senior executives.
Disrupt Session
Intensive one day session where teams pitch their initiatives to a panel of their own senior executives and ExO Ecosystem members who have extensive start up experience.
Refine Phase
Redefinition of each teams initiatives based on feedback. Facilitated teamwork and access to the ExO Ecosystem to move through ‘correct’, prototype’, ‘validate’ and ‘improve’ steps.
Launch Session
The highlight of the Sprint. Each team pitches their initiatives one last time during an intensive one day session to their CEO/C-Suite. After this session, the C-Suite will advise on which initiatives will move forward for further .

ExO Ecosystem

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