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 Organizations, Peter Diamandis and Salim Ismail, both also well-known for their involvement in XPRIZE and Singularity University, among many other companies.

Topics Covered:

00:00 - Introduction
02:37 - What is an ‘Exponential Organization’?
04:15 - What has changed in business since 2014
06:41 - Building companies with minimal cost supply
10:47 - Can incumbents transform?
15:50 - Massive Transformative Purpose (MTPs)
18:29 - Differentiating good and bad MTPs
20:35 - Unilever’s MTP
21:22 - Staff on demand
28:21 - Building interfaces and dashboards
29:22 - The importance of experimenting
33:10 - The economic downturn and restructuring
36:57 - Peer-to-peer collaborative technologies
41:29 - Digitizing your business
42:37 - Kodak example
44:44 - Automation and humans in the loop
51:33 - Companies effectively integrating AI
56:29 - Emerging roles due to exponential trends
59:44 - The framework and diagnostic survey
01:01:13 - Creating APIs you can build on
01:04:00 - Innovation grand challenges

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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