Quality of internal collaboration is key to external partnerships

An interesting piece on enterprise transformation by Dion Hinchcliffe set me thinking how often do we seek to build external partnerships without necessarily having strong internal bonds within our own organisation?

Of course, it is rare for any enterprise to be entirely self-sufficient so our value chains are usually forged from an intricate mesh of internal and external contributions.

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The Irrational Enterprise

irrational by Spo0ky on flickr

Regardless of the term we choose to describe our collective work – be it an organization, company, business or undertaking – the mission-critical tapestry of the Enterprise is always woven from threads of human behaviour, by the actors directly and indirectly engaged in the process and organization.

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Operational Utopia - Does your IT culture work with your business? - webcast

blue circuits from Finextra.com

It can be hard to find the road to operational nirvana – an IT infrastructure that allows faster time to market for new applications, more efficient divisions of labour for IT specialists and, of course, across the board cost savings.

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