Builiding scale ~ What does it take?

Building an organization that can scale takes basics;

a. Understanding of the business and business model
b. The organization structure & Human Capital for today and tomorrow
c. The processes that create simple yet clear information (not data)
d. EXECUTE! This is a 24x7 mission

Once you get these simple principles correct then you create a Scalable & Sustainable environment that has as an inherent DNA that becomes competitive advantage.

Some great examples;

www.amul.com/

http://www.grameen-info.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabbawala

http://www.echoupal.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Semler