Alliances inspiration

Your focussed journey to personal success

Have you ever been to Singapore and Shanghai? Last Friday I returned from an 8 day visit to both cities and, yes, it was amazing! First I spent a few […]

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CBP-56: Stakeholder engagement with Elke Jeurissen and Cato Léonard

https://media.blubrry.com/collabbiz/www.petersimoons.com/cbp/CBP56.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download“We need to be aware of the fact that it is a learning by doing process”, those are the parting words of Elke Jeurissen […]

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Are you ready to make money in the collaborative business world?

Last week the Dutch business paper FD featured a special about the fact that the acquisition market is growing again. In January of this year PWC published a CEO study in which 51% […]

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CBP-55: Global Alliances with Ramanath Suryaprakash

https://media.blubrry.com/collabbiz/www.petersimoons.com/cbp/CBP55.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode of the Collaborative Business Podcast I am in conversation with Ramanath Suryaprakash, who is a Global Alliance Manager at Infosys. Ram […]

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An off day, what do you do? (hint: it’s about personal leadership!)

Do you ever have one of those days that go completely into the opposite direction of what you had in plan for the day? Last Friday was such a day […]

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The three cornerstones of successful alliances

Only 53% of alliances succeed, what is it that these companies do differently than the 47% that fail? In short, successful alliances are built on three cornerstones: methodology, people, and […]

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Lessen van een wandeling – 900 km op de Camino

Op 14 april 2013 vertrok ik naar St-Jean-Pied-de-Port in Zuid Frankrijk. Een kleine plaats aan de voet van de Pyreneeën waar ik mijn camino naar Santiago de Compostela zou beginnen. […]

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3 tips to improve communication

Sometimes people ask me for the single most reason that alliances fail. It is as if they are looking for the magical ingredient: if they have that element right then […]

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Some have alliance excellence

Last week the ASAP Alliance Excellence Award winners were announced at the ASAP Global Alliance summit. Congratulations to all winners and particularly to Philips with winning the “Innovative Best Alliance […]

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What do you do to make your strategic alliances a leapfrogging success?

At the start of this new week, I have some food for thought for you, inspired by some conversations I had last week. As you know, I am a business […]

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CBP-54: The ideal alliance partner profile

https://media.blubrry.com/collabbiz/www.petersimoons.com/cbp/CBP54.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn last weeks episode we looked at a the Alliance Value Proposition, an important element when working together in strategic alliances. This week let’s […]

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46 business and alliance book recommendations

With episode 54 to be published later this week, the Collaborative Business Podcast is starting to become a very rich resource for learning more about practical ways of working in […]

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