Building Better Organizations

Conclusion

Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Business leaders everywhere understand that it’s one thing to start up an organization and another thing entirely to scale it to achieve its true potential. With growth, complications as well as innovations multiply, sometimes in equal measure. This book has looked at what can be learned about building better organizations from publicly listed tech companies like Alphabet and Amazon, nondigital native companies such as Unilever and Patagonia, and private companies across the portfolios of firms like the Carlyle Group and Vista Equity Partners. What the leaders at those companies found is that the organization’s health often determines its success or failure. By applying a digital lens, this book revisits ...