How do you instill a collaborative culture within an ecosystem? Model collaborative behaviors rather than relying solely on mission statements and charters—people will do as you do, not as you say—and be flexible! Continue Reading
Specializations, accreditations, accelerators, and partner NPS scores. They're all part of creating a great ecosystem experience for partners who are in turn devising cutting-edge solutions that solve customers' challenges within innovative new business models. Continue Reading
Alliance professionals from a variety of industries revealed playbooks for a host of different situations in the latest ASAP roundtable. Continue Reading
Without a healthy dose of trust, effective organizational integration, and a "Godfather" who can't be refused, companies will fail to navigate the networks produced by ground-shifting technologies. Robert Porter Lynch outlined the "collaborative mindset." Continue Reading
Risk management and adverse scenario planning must be conducted in the earliest stages of the alliance life cycle. And if you have been anointed the alliance manager of an existing alliance for which risk management hasn't been conducted, don't be shy to play the "new-guy card." Continue Reading
There are three types of metrics alliance managers can use to measure success, KPIs related to 1) outcomes, 2) activities, and 3) alignment. Michael Roch and Louis Rinfret of allianceboard gave examples of each and revealed when to use them in the latest ASAP webinar. Continue Reading
Overcoming resistance from internal stakeholders. Revisit the North Star. Leverage coopetition. And learn enough about your partner's industry "to be dangerous." It's all part of getting a collaboration between organizations from different industries on track and keeping it there. Continue Reading
Christina Neary and Ann Trampas revealed how to achieve, measure, and demonstrate value to the rest of the organization in the latest Collaborative Connection Monthly. Continue Reading
Figure out a win-win solution, keep your eye on the North Star vision, play the long game, acknowledge that disagreements are professional, and not personal. The latest ASAP roundtable had plenty of advice for preventing and dealing with conflict in an alliance context. Continue Reading
Adam McNair credited the ISO 44001 standard for helping to shape a shared vision between partners, and he shared tips for dealing with alliances in which the organizations' values are misaligned in the June Collaborative Connection Monthly. Continue Reading
Parth Amin of startup Eysz spoke about the sometimes daunting challenges navigating the US healthcare ecosystem, in which the interests of many of the stakeholders often conflict with each other in the latest Collaborative Connection Monthly. Continue Reading
Fishbones, five whys, health checks, and a fresh perspective are some of the tools that can help get a collaboration that has gone awry back on track. ASAP's April roundtable delved deep into the basic tenets for guiding an alliance back on course. Continue Reading
