ExO and The Fortune 100

This realization has proved correct. In the original book, the authors and the ExO community analyzed the Fortune 100 companies, ranking them against the ExO model for flexibility, scalability, and agility. In 2021, they conducted a seven-year trailing analysis. How had those companies performed? 

The results were stunning, confirming what we had predicted about ExO companies and proving just how much competitive advantage these firms had over their traditionally organized peers. Between 2014 and 2021, the top 10 most ExO-friendly companies in the Fortune 100 blew away the bottom 10 (least ExO-friendly) in the following metrics:

• Revenue Growth: 2.6 times higher

• Profitability: 6.8 times higher

• Return on Assets: 11.7 times higher

• Total Shareholders Return (CAGR): 40 times higher 

Let’s just repeat that last one: over an eight-year period, of the largest 100 American corporations, the companies that most emulated the attributes of the ExO model delivered shareholder returns that were a staggering 40 times better than those of the companies that least followed the model.**