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Apple and IBM – Can they make 1+1 become 3?

It’s all over the inter-webs: Apple and IBM announced a strategic alliance yesterday! A bold move that brings together two companies in different areas of the ICT field. Once competitors […]

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I need your help! (Summertime – Reflection time)

Summertime is a good time to reflect and to adjust course where needed. This time I need your help to reflect on my writing: You know I like to write […]

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CBP-31: Collaborative Leadership with David Archer

https://media.blubrry.com/collabbiz/www.petersimoons.com/cbp/CBP31.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadMy guest of Today, David Archer, runs a specialist consultancy together with his partner Alex Cameron, with the focus on helping leaders deliver results […]

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Is your alliance a walk in the park?

If you are following my blog already a bit longer, you will probably know that I walked the Camino to Santiago de Compostela last year April. All together it was […]

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CBP-30: Fail fast, learn fast, with Joost Allard

https://media.blubrry.com/collabbiz/www.petersimoons.com/cbp/CBP30.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download It feels that every 10th episode in the Collaborative Business Podcast series is somehow a milestone, comparable to reaching a new decennium in […]

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What my Volvo shares with Strategic Alliances

Ever since I was a little boy I have had a thing with classical Volvo’s. When I was a kid my parents drove a DAF, a small Dutch car with […]

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CBP-29: Alliances, Channels and Ecosystems with Dave Luvison

https://media.blubrry.com/collabbiz/www.petersimoons.com/cbp/CBP29.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAlliances, Channels and Ecosystems are all types of business collaborations, but what are the similarities and what are the differences and how do you […]

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You’d better make it work!

It’s Monday morning and you just arrived at the office, when you receive a message from the CEO; you need to drop by his office. You call his assistant to […]

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What is your Return On Partner Investment?

Two companies, let’s call them East and West, had been in an alliance for 5 years and everything seemed to be fine. However, to the big astonishment of the people […]

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CBP-28: What is an alliance manager?

https://media.blubrry.com/collabbiz/www.petersimoons.com/cbp/CBP28.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadDuring the past week I read a blogpost by Karyn Greenstreet, containing three simple tips about using Google Analytics for your own website. One […]

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Brilliant failures in business collaboration

What do you learn the most from, your successes or failures? What do you share with others, your successes or failures? In my weekly podcast I interview guests on their […]

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CBP-27: 3 tips for establishing successful alliances

https://media.blubrry.com/collabbiz/www.petersimoons.com/cbp/CBP27.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn today’s episode of the Collaborative Business Podcast I am sharing 3 main tips (and a few more) that are essential in establishing successful […]

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