Amoeba OS

Amoeba  OS( Organizational Structure)

Many Startups, small and midsize companies who have founder as its driving force are battling a problem called organizational Structure (OS) and system within the company. One can never be sure that what is more important? OS and system or founders way of doing things. Both have their own limitations.

Whenever I am confused about anything about life or business I make it a point to find answer through life itself, the very nature we are the part of has solutions for everything,that is because nature has gone through  billions of years of evolutionary process finding most effective and effortless way of reaching the evolutionary pinnacle.

When I first came to know about amoeba I was fascinated by its ingestion technique i.e the way it grabs the food. Whenever any food particle comes anywhere near amoeba that part of its body becomes its mouth & it engulfs it. By the way Amoeba was the first unicellular organism that performed all life processes needed for an organism to called an organism, it was not a cell or a tissue it was an entire organism.

Just like startups isn’t it? Amoeba is the ultimate ancestor of the entire living organism that exists now.

So what is Amoeba OS?

Like amoeba our company must be capable of performing all the life processes required for sustained growth and expansion of our business. By life processes I mean aspects like Branding, Innovation, production, Marketing, Accounting, operations, delivery, Services and so on. But being a startup or a small business we have limited resources and mostly multiple processes performed by same person or department. So if we go for OS and system approach, we may not afford the stiffness of the system where as we go by will and wishes of founder we may not be effective. In case of Amoeba OS we must priorities and decide what life process is essential today or in this week and rearrange our organization in such a way that it has OS & System and founders charisma at same time for that particular process or need. Just call it ‘season’. This week may be a branding season for our Amoeba OS so guys needed for it come together make OS and founder or authorized person takes charge and satisfies the need of the season. So if we have SOP’s (Set operational Procedures) For all predictable needs and contingencies we can finalize an organizational Structure and system for each SOP and also Role of Founder for each SOP so that our company acts like an Amoeba to conquer the season.

Generally, Amoeba OS is most essential when we are in consolidation stage or hyper growth stage where we will always be short of resources and Human resource in particular. Being able to keep our self so agile and adaptive will help survive ever changing environment and matrix of business essentials. Each one of us has to make our own Amoeba OS and stick to it until you can afford few losses due to stiff regular Organizational Structure and system (Like the MNCs).

Till than be an Amoeba OS- Our ultimate ancestor.

Advit Dixit, Founder ,Tribe Appsoft Pvt Ltd( advitdixit@gmail.com)