Growth Through Collaboration Robert Meakes
Jul 15, 2015
The Welsh Economy is Changing
An Industrial Economy to a Network Economy
Products Businesses Capabilities Relationships
In a Network Economy
The focus becomes the task, the end result and doing things better….
Working together.
Collaboration is working with each other to carry out a task and to achieve shared goals.
Collaborative Working is a key management discipline
There is not a single approach to Collaborative Working.
The Welsh Government has published the Joint Bidding Guide to give some advice and insight.
BS11000 is the relevant British StandardThe Institute for Collaborative Working and BSI can help.
The Collaboration takes place where activities overlap.Commercial Collaborations are all project based.
Company A Company BCollaborative Space
The Collaborative Contract
Strategic
– AwarenessWhat do we want from collaboration (as a company)
– KnowledgeInternal risk assessment including How much information do we want to share with another business? (could be a competitor!)
– Internal AssessmentIs our company ready for this?
Engagement
– Partner SelectionWho is best to partner with? And why?
– Working TogetherHow we work together with our new partner.
Management
– Value CreationHow we do things better
– Staying TogetherRegular reviews – how and what?
– Exit StrategyHow do we part amicably at the end?Service or product legacy
Available Resources
Support from Construction Futures Wales
Advice from the Wales Co-operative Centre
A 2 day training course for smaller businesses jointly developed by the Institute for Collaborative Working and Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University
Facilitation and other services from the Institute
Certification and training from BSI