Salim Ismail

Salim's the author of Exponential Organizations. He's an XPRIZE Foundation Board member, Founding Executive Director of Singularity University; Chairman of OpenExO & ExO Works, etc

Forget Startups, ExOs (Exponential Organizations) Are The New Way To Innovate Members Public

When you lower the cost of supply, you decrease the denominator and your market cap explodes. This is one of the reasons why there are so many unicorns these days.

Salim Ismail
Salim Ismail
Exponential Organizations

We are Updating the Global Best Seller Exponential Organizations in the best way possible; exponentially! Members Public

Salim, his co-authors, and a group of close advisers created the first edition. This time, we are doing it together and we are doing it publicly. Our community now has over 80 volunteers and changemakers curating portions of the book.

Salim Ismail
Salim Ismail
Salim Ismail

Are We Heading Towards A Star Trek Or Mad Max Future? Members Public

Star Trek: The only way we can grow and evolve as a new species is to have new experiences. - Peter Diamandis

Salim Ismail
Salim Ismail
Future

Exponential Organizations: ExOs That Failed And What We Have Learned Members Public

Every individual can now genuinely make a difference to the world and make an impact that was traditionally a luxury only afforded to governments and large organizations.

Salim Ismail
Salim Ismail
Exponential Organizations

Forbes asks: Why is Productivity Down When Innovation is Way Up—And What Do We Do About it? Members Public

The "Exponential Paradox," where rapid technological advancements are transforming industries, yet economic productivity lags due to insufficient investment in innovation infrastructure, emphasizes how the ExO Community provides the tools, talent, and resources to bridge this gap and drive growth.

Salim Ismail
Salim Ismail
Exponential Organizations

ExO Sprint for Global 5000 Companies Members Public

The fundamental problem you have to solve is what I call the “immune system problem” in any traditional organization—where it's architected for scarcity, for efficiency, for predictability.

Salim Ismail
Salim Ismail
ExO Sprint

Why Run an ExO Sprint? Letter from Salim Ismail Members Public

The real impact of technology is not the disruption—we’ve been dealing with that for centuries. It’s the pace, density and unpredictability that disruption brings.

Salim Ismail
Salim Ismail
ExO Sprint

It’s Better for Big Companies to Buy Their Disruptive Competition Than to Fight Them Members Public

The failure to recognize disruptive competition is a recurring problem within big companies, which constitutes an existential problem given the pace of technological change and disruption today. The average lifespan of an S&P 500 company used to be 60 years, today it’s just 20.

Salim Ismail
Salim Ismail
Exponential Organizations