Award Categories
Six categories spanning every layer of the ExO ecosystem — from new companies to seasoned consultants.
🚀 New Company ExO Award
Less than 3 years old at the time of application. For companies that used ExO attributes to launch the business.
🏢 ExO Implementation Award
For companies that implemented the ExO attributes to enhance their existing model or unlock new growth.
🎯 ExO Consulting Award
For consulting-style projects and engagements that benefited from the ExO framework.
🏃 ExO Sprint Award
For successful implementation of the ExO Sprint methodology with a client organization.
🎤 ExO Workshop / Training Award
For training and learning interventions using the ExO framework and associated tools.
🌐 Open Category
For ExO projects that don't fit neatly into the other categories.
🚀 New Company ExO Award
Companies under 3 years old at the time of application that used the ExO attributes to launch their business.
Ploosi
A platform to democratize business management knowledge — using the ExO Model to disrupt management consulting.
BODYTUNE Online
Advanced audio sensors that measure carotid artery flow (auscultation) and other events to create a personal sound profile.
BookSpine
An online marketplace for buying and selling books with a digital experience that mirrors the feel of a physical bookstore.
Planet Pilots
Instead of teachers educating students, Planet Pilots are kids supporting each other on a journey of self-discovery and bettering their world.
Boston ExO
New England's first Exponential Organization incubator — helping companies thrive through continuous business model innovation.
Guilds42
An ExO platform that democratizes learning of new skills. Believing in learning by doing, Guilds42 offers free online courses for everyone.
Wilab
A startup applying ExO attributes — recently selected by the Alchemist accelerator in Silicon Valley.
Voteme
A decision-making platform for communities and organizations.
Air Traffic Awareness
Patent-pending S.A.G.A. solution enhancing situational awareness for general aviation — reducing the risk of midair collisions.
Rutanio
Transforming the creative economy and connecting innovation ecosystems with opportunities.
Swae
A platform for turning stakeholder voices into actionable proposals and decisions for organizational innovation.
Kaenz
The first virtual therapist — aquatic and land mode — using mixed-reality lenses, NLP, and machine learning.
BillionMinds
Founded to fight burnout. The hard truth: of every 10 readers, 9 are on a path to burnout. BillionMinds gives them a path off it.
Gogotech
ABBY: a lightweight, portable smart wheelchair platform combining robotics, power-assist, cameras, sensors, machine vision, and IoT.
🏢 ExO Implementation Award
Companies that implemented the ExO attributes to enhance their current business model or create new growth opportunities.
Xponential
A unique video and audio podcast platform focused on "Xponential Stories" of the future — bringing futuristic stories to the present.
SUEGO
Building exponential business development programs that redefine how community and learning come together.
Gothong Southern Group
The GXI Portal serves as a curated open-source learning platform for all business units to learn, commune, and be inspired.
Impulso20
A program focused on finding the best startups and scaleups in Latin America to collaborate and grow with Essence.
Design Prodigy
A marketing agency offering innovative solutions to fearless and aspiring marketing leaders.
EADA
The Online Master in Exponential Organizations — a pioneering master's that trains professionals on the model of emerging organizations.
🎯 ExO Consulting Award
Consulting projects that benefited from the ExO framework. We asked the applicants what difference their intervention made to clients.
Alex Eduardo Nomberto Cerna
"My intervention provided my client a much better view of its business, its potential, and its real chance of recovery for growth."
Mack Comandante
"An estimated PHP 10 million (≈$200,000 USD) revenue growth after 2 months of implementation from new revenue streams."
Matteo Pacini
"We enabled them to explore new domains, develop real competence (free for every participant), and begin a digital transformation journey at a very accessible price."
Kashif Hasnie
"The companies' confidence is sky-rocketing — they have a better pitch than before. ExO attributes highlighted their competitive advantage."
Azim Pawanchik
"They are able to engage multiple stakeholders and create a community related to the National Regulatory Sandbox."
Mary Grace Opulencia-Dy
"1,828 registrants for the event. Research Congress reached 56,659 engagements over 3 days based on FB statistics."
🏃 ExO Sprint Award
Successful implementations of the ExO Sprint methodology — the 10-week transformation process — with a client organization.
Paul Epping
"The client started approaching problems differently — and implemented attributes such as Staff on Demand far sooner in the process."
Tania Hodgkinson
"It significantly shifted the mindset and perspective of the future — and changed how teams, including the leadership team, work together across departments."
Suman Sasmal
An ExO Sprint engagement that produced a clear, executable transformation roadmap for a complex enterprise client.
Sanjay R G Bhana
An ExO Sprint that helped a forward-looking enterprise client align its teams around an exponential growth strategy.
🎤 ExO Workshop / Training Award
Training and learning interventions using the ExO framework and tools.
Be a 10Xer
A workshop programme that brings the ExO Model to leadership teams hungry for 10x thinking.
Michael Friebe
Bringing the ExO Workshop into healthcare-tech leadership teams across Europe.
Success Academy Learning Solutions
Embedding the ExO Workshop into corporate L&D programmes for high-growth organizations.
Boston ExO
Running ExO Workshops as the entry point to a deeper Sprint and consulting practice.
Business Launch Challenge
An ExO-flavoured launch programme for early-stage founders.
Mirach
An ExO-driven training programme used to upskill consultants and internal innovation teams.
🌐 Open Category
For ExO projects that don't fit neatly into the categories above. From research initiatives to pro-bono ventures, the Open Category honours the long tail of creative ExO applications across our community.
Thank you to all the applicants who entered — and to everyone who voted for the 2021 ExO Transformation Awards.