It Takes an Ecosystem

or How to Build to Build Partner Ecosystems for Agility, Innovation and Growth in Your Business as published in Forbes.com. As someone who has been architecting and managing business partner ecosystems for more than 30 years in the tech industry, I am quite interested in the attention ecosystems have been receiving from management pundits of [...]

By |2019-07-24T19:58:40+00:00July 17, 2019|

Value Creating Negotiations – Getting to Win/Win

Partnerships are about creating new value that could not be easily achieved alone. So the focus of negotiations should pivot on partner math 1 + 1 > 3. Your first discovery conversation with a potential partner is usually about how you create more value together. Then, how do you each realize value in the partnership. [...]

By |2018-07-27T18:50:24+00:00July 2, 2018|

Creating Value from Innovation and the Role of Alliances

Innovation takes many forms.  We often focus on innovation as technological breakthroughs and indeed those are important to fuel corporate growth.  But there are other forms of innovation which can be just as powerful and just as disruptive to the status quo in creating strategic competitive advantage.  Innovation in operations, in business processes and in [...]

By |2018-07-27T18:51:49+00:00December 3, 2009|

Collaborative Innovation: Leveraging Partnerships

"Collaborative Innovation: Leveraging Strategic Partnerships for the Global Playing Field" Sunday, March 30, 2008 BlogTalkRadio: www.BlogTalkRadio.com/CoachforInnovation 6:00 p.m. Pacific/9:00 p.m. Collaborative innovation is rapidly becoming a key differentiator for organizations. But as enterprises rush to take advantage of global opportunities without effectively playing the strategic alliances card the risk of stifling innovation increases. Join Dee McCrorey, host [...]

By |2018-07-27T18:52:05+00:00March 28, 2008|