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If you know everything in advance Blog post

Last week, my brother reminded me of something our father used to say. It goes more or less like “If you would know everything in advance, you would only need […]

Are you getting better? Blog post

In some professions, it is very easy to see if you are getting better at what you do. A decline in errors, an increase in results, the measurement might be […]

Takeaways from the 2018 European Alliance Conference Blog post

“Why are you here” was a question I faced the first day of the ASAP European Alliance Conference in Amsterdam. It is not that I questioned myself, it was someone […]

The toxic elements in your alliance and team Blog post

At the moment of writing this column, I am leaving our new house behind for a day. After we bought the house, it turned out to have asbestos in the […]

Small and Medium Enterprises: How do you create alliances? Blog post

Most of the examples of strategic alliances and partnership I use in my work are examples from the corporate world. Large organizations that work together with large organizations. These examples […]

7 Steps to improved Alliance success Blog post

“How do you define alliance success?” It seems like such a simple question. Doesn’t it? It is a question that always leads to a lively discussion in the Alliance Masterclasses. […]

The Collaborative Business Spectrum 2.0? Blog post

The Collaborative Business Spectrum is an overview of the ways organizations can work together to achieve a result they can not achieve alone. It ranges from transactions on the left […]

Can we do business with the speed of Trust? Blog post

Monday morning, May 15, 2018, 6am in the Netherlands: the moment this newsletter was delivered to your inbox. In about three hours I will be landing in Singapore. After touch […]

What is the ROI of team improvement? Blog post

Working in teams is being considered a normal thing to many people. However, it also means that we often do not give enough attention to teamwork. We take it for […]

This is how to identify peer to peer stakeholder relationships Blog post

Now that you have identified your stakeholder and assessed their level of support, it is time to map the relationships among them. When we have a clear overview of the […]

The benefits of coaching Blog post

“What do you know about that?” This is what someone asked me recently. During this dinner conversation, it felt somewhat like I was under inquisition. My conversation partner was a […]

What can you do to improve your communication? Blog post

The single most important reason why I see alliances, partnerships and other forms of collaboration fail is because of communication. Or better said, lack thereof. Lack of communication is often […]

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