Working with Shannon on some verbage and copy for the world building piece inside of the adilas core concepts and origins section. It's not finished yet, but here are some things that we are working on: See attached for the other parts of the story.

So, what is world building? And how does it relate to business software? We would like to answer this in three different ways. First, we would like to answer the question. Next, we would like to explain it a little bit further and give some examples. Lastly, we will try to explain how it has influenced our decisions and direction as a company.

1 - Answering the questions, what is world building and how does it relate to business software?

World building is the process of creating a unique environment for each business entity.

Often software tends to be built for one industry specifically. If you only have one industry, the whole package is built to support that business model, or world, and there is no need to diversify it. But what if the software package allowed you to diversify it to all kinds of business models and verticals. This allows you to customize the environment to meet your needs.

As you setup and create this unique environment you end up answering a number of questions. Some of these questions could be where are you located at? Does your business deal with time, products, services? Who are your customers? What do you call them? Members, clients, patients, students, etc. Basically, you are determining what you want your world to be like and what you want it to do. The Adilas system is flexible and able to handle all kind of choices and decisions. As you mix these together this is what creates the customized landing area for your data. As soon as you can start seeing that every single business is technically a different world - it starts making more sense.

2 - Explaining world building further and giving some analogies.

The author who introduced us to the concept of "World Building" was Brandon Mull, a New York Times bestselling author. He was giving a presentation for young writers and artists at a university and one of the co-founders and his children happened to attend the seminar. In his presentation on world building, he stressed 5 key components. They are characters, relationships, trouble, decisions, and consequences.

To further explain this concept here is a small analogy, or example, he gave as part of his presentation. A good science fiction author may come up with the concept of a flying car. But a really good science fiction author thinks at the level of world building. What are the causes and effects that occur with having a flying car? What is the technology that allows that? What are the traffic laws? What things keep it in check? What happens if there is a traffic jam? A wreck? How are they powered? How are they stored? How are they fixed? What are their speeds, capabilities? Are they armed? Etc., etc., etc.

Think of your favorite movie or book. What different things make up the environment that makes it unique and special? Some of the best books and movies are those that are able to create an environment that is so rich it almost feels like a real place you can be transported to and participate in.

These same concepts apply to the Adilas application. Imagine one of the richest environments you will ever use, ready to run standard out of the box, or customize it to meet your business needs. Think of custom naming conventions, toggle options on and off, settings, permissions, tons of tools and business functions at your disposal. The ability of the Adilas system to adapt to any business world is incredible! That is what Adilas has been created for.

To start your mind thinking along the lines of world building, here is a little exercise. Consider answering some of the following questions whether you are creating a world for storytelling, or creating a world for your business entity:

General World Building Questions

- Where is your world located?

- What special features does your world have?

- What does your world have an abundance of?

- What does it have a lack of?

- Who is on your world? Different civilizations? Friends? Enemies?

- How diversified are the civilizations, areas, or locations?

- What are the reasons they are separated or diversified?

- Who are the characters and the groups?

- How will they interact with each other?

- What kind of things are they trying to overcome or accomplish?

Okay, now let's transition into business world building questions:

- What do you call your business?

- What type of business do you have?

- Where is your business located?

- What is your company size? Mom and pop, small, medium, large, enterprise, custom?

- What do you call the people who work for you and work with you? Salesperson, staff, associate, team member, or whatever you may call them.

- Are you doing things alone or as part of a team, department, etc.?

- How many different locations do you have? What do you call those? Locations, stores, clinics, departments, jobs, facilities, or other?

- Who are the people that buy your services or products? Clients, customers, members, patients, students, etc.

- Do you sell labor, time, services, subscriptions, perishables, non-perishables, little items, big items, bulk items, serialized items, or custom?

- How do you distribute what you are selling? In-person, online, call-in, internal manufacturing, wholesale, delivery, etc.

- What are your pain points or challenges?

- Do you have certain processes or a special flow in your business world?

- Do you already have certain pieces in place and need another software to fill in the gaps? Do you need the whole package? Are you required to use certain software or applications?

- Do you have state, government, or industry requirements?

- Do you have paperwork, documents, forms, scans, contracts, or other files to capture and record?

- Thinking of data and reporting needs. What do you want? What do you need? What key data points are you interested in?

- What are some of your goals? Financial, physical, personal, etc.

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