Laddering up with the Partnership ladder

Partnering is tough;

I’ve seen firsthand how partnerships can create significant value for organizations, in fact most of my business life was in managing joint-ventures and partnerships, and my own organisation was a partnership.

Partnering in business is a crucial strategy organizations can use to create value for themselves (and their business partners). By joining forces with another organization, they can leverage each other’s strengths, skills, and resources, creating a competitive advantage that neither could achieve alone.… Read more

Seven critical strategy questions for the Board of Directors

I’m occasionally asked during our SMU-SID Diploma in Directorship courses what should Boards of Directors focus on to assist Management consider strategy.

Here are seven questions that could be profitably used to focus discussion during a Board retreat or during a strategy meeting.

  1. How does the company plan to grow: through M&A, organically, or by driving new or existing products to new or existing markets? 
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Update on Uber

Uber has effectively sold itself to its investors as a tech company that simulates countless one-on-one negotiations between drivers and riders that, on an infinite timescale and with infinite patience is very much a technological product.

Except Uber isn’t quite doing this– its employing drivers who use their own cars to replace taxis (and delivery vans). Its clearly limited to the physical world, and isn’t infinitely scaleable at no cost.… Read more