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

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Why information » exponential

Accelerating Technologies

Al Robotics Biotech Nanotech Medicine Neuroscience Energy Computing

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

Google  DeepMind:  Deep  Learning  

Big  Data  

$500M  

acquired  by  Google  for  

Ar.ficial  Intelligence  

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Self  Driving  Cars    

Audi  RS  7  -­‐  Autonomous  Car  

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

Exponential Technologies

Declining  Costs    Increasing  Capabili.es  

Programmable,  Connected,  

Decentralized    world  of  

Abundance    

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

   

“The  average  half  life  of  a  business  

competency  has  dropped  from  30  years  in  1984  to  5  

years  today”  

   

“89%  of  the  Fortune  500  companies  from  1955  are  not  on  the  

list  today”  

   

“The  average  lifespan  of  an  S&P  500  company  has  

decreased  from:    67  years  (1920’s)  to    15  years  (today)”  

   

“In  the  next  10  years  40%  of  all  S&P  500  companies  will  

disappear  from  this  list”  

Market Cap to a Billion

Why  are  there  ExOs?  

Linear > Exponential

Scarcity > Abundance

Time to scale the organization

Source:  McKinsey  7S  model  

What  are  ExOs?  

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

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  

Attributes

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