A less obvious partnership would be in the development of new products, services, or technologies designed to meet future customer needs. New partnerships offer the opportunity to be partners by design. These new partnerships offer more options because the organization is limited only by its imagination. But selecting the right partner can be a daunting [...]
New personnel, a loss of key personnel, poor succession planning and poor people management can lead to dislocation. However, the main cause of dislocation within this category is behaviour: everything from laziness to fraud and exhaustion to simple human error can be catalysts, resulting in risk being realised. An example is the financial scandal that [...]
You’ve assessed your ability to meet your own needs and have noted a gap between your future goals and present capabilities. You’ve looked at your organization and concluded that partnering with another could help you fill this gap. You’ve judged your capacity to be a good partner by understanding the material and ethereal realms of [...]