Episode description

Many companies today are grappling with a few things: an economic downturn, potential layoffs and restructuring, and trying to keep up with the latest tech trends… all while still maintaining a growth trajectory.

In this episode, you’ll learn which companies are uniquely designed to weather this storm and what attributes these exponential organizations have. We’re joined by the co-authors of Exponential Organzations, Peter Diamandids and Salim Ismail, both also well-known for their involvement in XPrize and Singularity University, among many other companies.

Topics Covered:

• 00:00 - Introduction
• 03:11 -What is an ‘Exponential Organization’?
• 04:46 - What has changed in business since 2014
• 07:06 - Building companies with minimal cost supply ***
• 11:49 - Can  incumbents become exponential organizations?
• 16:27 - Massive Transformative Purpose (MTPs)
• 19:04 - How can you tell if you have a good MTP
• 22:34 - Unilever’s MTP
• 23:27 - Staff on demand
• 29:35 - Building interfaces and dashboards
• 30:36 - The importance of experimenting
• 34:19 - The economic downturn and restructuring
• 38:00 - Peer-to-peer collaborative technologies
• 42:30 - Digitizing your business
• 43:53 - Kodak example
• 45:37 - Automation and the humans role
• 52:06 - How have you seen companies integrate AI?
• 56:56 - Emerging roles due to exponential trends
• 59:56 - The framework and diagnostic survey
• 01:00:02 - Creating APIs you can build on
• 01:05:00 - Opportunities in the market

Resources:

Attend the Exponential Organization workshop on June 6: https://www.diamandis.com/exo

Learn more about Peter: https://www.diamandis.com/about

Learn more about Salim: https://salimismail.com/

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