How your organizational culture influences performance Blog post
Leadership Many elements can influence the performance of an organization. According to a study by Korn Ferry Hay Group with 35%. Leadership behavior determines 50-70% of an organization’s culture. This […]
How Alliances can Facilitate a Business Transformation Blog post
Can Alliances facilitate a business transformation? Upon turning a light switch, the light bulb enlightens our spaces. For over a hundred years, this technology of light did not really change. […]
Business is all about collaboration – 4 tips to improve Blog post
Business is all about collaboration! Coming from me, this is probably not a very surprising statement. However, some people might feel that business is about results. It might be, but […]
Collaboration and the myth of the polder Blog post
The Dutch are people with a consensus culture. This seems to go back to the middle ages: a large portion of our country is located below sea level, the so […]
Stronger as a team Blog post
The other night I watched a movie, the kind of action movie where the hero at one point says to his teammate “hey, let’s stick together, we are stronger as […]
Is that so? Questioning your own assumptions. Blog post
“John and Alex are working on a client project together. They are not the best of friends and they have had some tensions in the past. Nowadays, they have established […]
The 2017 summer reading list Blog post
During the summer months, the business slows down a bit for many people and organizations. Therefore, these months could be an excellent time to catch up on other tasks or […]
What is the biggest inhibitor to collaboration? Blog post
The other day I came across this quote on Twitter: “The biggest threat to innovation is internal politics and an organizational culture, which doesn’t accept failure and/or doesn’t accept ideas […]
From things to relationships at the IACCM European Conference Blog post
At the recent IACCM European Conference in Dublin I presented together with Ivo Rutten of Philips Lighting. Our story was titled “How many years does it take to change a […]
Culture and collaboration Blog post
Without a doubt you will recognize the fact that there are cultural differences between Western European countries and countries in Asia or Africa. On such a high level it is […]
What is the best moment to design your governance model? Blog post
Like alliances and alliance management, the term governance is also a broadly used term that can mean many things to many people. In “Alliance Advantage”* Yves Doz and Gary Hamel […]
What comes first: the relationship or the deal? Blog post
Last week I talked with a colleague about our experiences in how companies deal with alliances and other kinds of business collaborations. We noticed that many senior people treat alliances […]
