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

The Secrets to Achieving a Trillion Dollar Market Cap Members Public

A key hallmark of Exponential Organizations is that their products & services are information-based. Add hardware and a design aesthetic, that stays flexible, can adapt and change to a rapidly changing business environment & where management stays true to those principles, then you unlimited upside.

Salim Ismail
Salim Ismail
Exponential Organizations

The Automotive Industry is Going ExO to Save its Future Members Public

Making your company smaller and leaner, able to take risks and test boundaries is a core ExO principle. It is essential when the pace of change in your industry is approaching break neck speeds. And this is happening in many industries today.

Salim Ismail
Salim Ismail
Exponential Organizations

Big Company? Do More with a Smaller Team Members Public

Traditionally, the larger your organization, the more successful you are. Today, this is no longer a hard and fast rule for every industry.

Salim Ismail
Salim Ismail
Exponential Organizations

Dashboards: An Exponential Organization’s Best Business Advisor Members Public

Dashboards allow you to catch internal problems before they grow. By keeping track of your overall business health and individual and team assessments in real-time, you have a better chance of catching negative trends or problems, essentially saving your company from costly mistakes.

Salim Ismail
Salim Ismail
Dashboards

Is Your Company Fighting Innovation? Members Public

Like the body, organizations have immune systems too. The immune system of an organization naturally rises out of systems, procedures, and employee mindsets working its utmost best to stay in the comfort zone of past successes and keep the system running smoothly by the status quo.

Salim Ismail
Salim Ismail
Disruption

How to Fix Civilization Members Public

Note how pervasive this is — every social structure, organization, institution, has its own immune system. Many of these are broken. Yet these are what our civilization is built on.

Salim Ismail
Salim Ismail
Civilization

The Secrets of Unicorn Companies Members Public

Unicorn companies, according to Ismail, are not so concerned with finding unicorns as they are in the important question: "How do I become a unicorn?"

Salim Ismail
Salim Ismail
Exponential Organizations