An organization is a system. To survive and thrive, it must keep internal entropy low and get new energy from the surrounding environment. The lower the entropy and the higher the integration, the greater the probability of success.

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Organizational Physics 101:
Success & Happiness
Systems Thinking for Breakthrough Business Performance

2. 4 Big Questions
1. Success: How do we drive success and have
greater satisfaction?
2. Management: How do we build and manage
powerhouse teams?
3. Strategy: What should we do next and why?
4. Execution: How do we do it quickly?
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3. Framework
Real-world experience
Management theory
Physics
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4. Gravity.
It’s not just a good idea.
It’s the law.

5. Approach
Collaborative
Top-down
Systems thinking
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6. Outcomes
• Founder’s Trap
• Incomplete priorities
• Amnesia
• Internal friction
• Sales, no profits
• The B/C Team
• Founder’s Freedom
• Committed strategy
• Compelling story
• Fast execution
• Sales with profits $$
• The A Team
From… To…
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7. Get started…
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8. How to drive success and satisfaction
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9. 2 – 3% Are High Achievers
2 – 3%2 – 3% 95%

10. .2 - .3% Are Happy High Achievers
2 – 3%2 – 3% 95%
10% HAPPY

11. A Systems Perspective

12. Systems and the Laws of
Thermodynamics
1. Conservation
The potential amount of energy is fixed.
2. Entropy
Everything falls apart over time.
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14. Success = [ –––––––––– ]
Integration
Entropy
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15. Success = [ –––––––––– ]
Integration
Entropy
Opportunities Capabilities
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16. Opportunities & Capabilities
Capability
Opportunity
GrowingShrinking
Unique
Generic
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17. Success = [ –––––––––– ]
Integration
Entropy
Indicates the amount of energy required to
maintain the system and get work done
Opportunities Capabilities
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18. Success = [ –––––––––– ]
Integration
Entropy
Then, if any remains, here
Available energy first flows here
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19. [Integration
Entropy ]
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20. [Integration
Entropy ]
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21. [Integration
Entropy ]
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22. [Integration
Entropy ]
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23. [Integration
Entropy ]
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24. Success = [ –––––––––– ]
?
50
100 Arbitrary Points of Energy…
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25. Success = [ –––––––––– ]
50
50
100 Arbitrary Points of Energy…
Warning!
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26. Success = [ –––––––––– ]
?
25
100 Arbitrary Points of Energy…
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27. Success = [ –––––––––– ]
75
25
100 Arbitrary Points of Energy…
Awesome!
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28. Happiness= [ –––––––––– ]
Integration
Entropy
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29. Successful and Happy
2 – 3%2 – 3% 95%
10% HAPPY

30. Learn more:
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