The ExO Workshop is a one-day event designed to help participants understand the ExO framework and gain experience using it. It can be run for one organization or as an event featuring participants from different firms. Companies then have the option of running the complete ExO Sprint to achieve real transformation.
The one-day workshop—or even half-day workshop, although we generally recommend the longer version—explores the Exponential Organization model and provides participants with an opportunity to experiment with key concepts of the ExO framework.
Similar to the Awake Session of the ExO Sprint, the first phase of the ExO Workshop introduces cutting-edge exponential technologies and their implications for every industry.
To provide participants with context, we examine a case study for all exercises, exploring the company's business model and other relevant information.
Participants brainstorm about which technologies might impact the case study's industry. Each team comes up with at least three technologies that could threaten the industry in question, taking into consideration the different risks and opportunities each poses to the particular case study.
Introduction to the ExO framework, a model that will enable your organization to keep up with industry disruption and take advantage of the abundance generated by exponential technologies.
Participants think about how to apply the ExO attributes to the case study in order to help the company connect with and manage abundance.
Outlines how to implement the ExO framework using the 10-week ExO Sprint and describes the difference between ExO Core Initiatives and ExO Edge Initiatives.
Participants consider different ExO Core Initiatives and ExO Edge Initiatives for the case study.
Following a summary of the workshop, participants identify their main takeaways and determine next steps.
An ExO Workshop helps attendees understand how the ExO framework can help their organization successfully undergo a transformation process. Running an ExO Sprint is a natural next step that will help participants manage the corporate immune system and build internal capabilities to achieve successful transformation.
Experience is always the best teacher, which is why we've interviewed hundreds of people who have gone through the ExO Sprint experience to gather the following advice. As you know by now, the ExO Sprint is a powerful methodology that transforms organizations. Here are some tips that will help take your company's transformation to the next level!
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