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
What part of your offerings should you turn to your partner ecosystem for co-innovation help? Ask your sales team and interview clients yourself, said Sally Wang in the April Collaborative Connection Monthly. Continue Reading
What qualitative and quantitative KPIs are best for your alliance? How often should you revisit these metrics? How do you use dashboards and health checks to monitor the value of your alliance? All of this and more was covered in the latest ASAP roundtable discussion. Continue Reading
The Partnering Capability Assessment Platform (PCAP) helped Intel incorporate more risk management into its HCP ISV partner selection, and it suggested each alliance manager pour more energy into fewer, more strategic relationships. It's all in the March Collaborative Connection Monthly. Continue Reading
Ard-Pieter de Man outlined the unique challenges presented by the different types of ecosystems and the new skills alliance managers need to optimize them in ASAP's Asia-Pacific Community (APAC) roundtable. Continue Reading
A recent ASAP Coffee Chat, presented by Vantage Partners, set forth some fun facts and figures on companies that do external innovation well or not so well, and gave attendees plenty to talk about from their own experiences and partnering efforts. Continue Reading
Alliances are dead in the water without dedicated and engaged senior executive sponsors. Neil Blecherman of Nutanix explained the difference a good executive sponsor makes, how to recruit them, and some tips for keeping them involved in alliance affairs—and shared some entertaining stories, too! Continue Reading
How do alliance managers exercise influence? Get senior backing, leverage their knowledge of the partner and the company, and know how to navigate yours and the partner's organization. This insight was generated in the latest ASAP roundtable. Continue Reading
