Comments on: The Green Collective: Using co-opetition to promote local businesses http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/2010/07/04/the-green-collective-using-co-opetition-to-promote-local-sustainable-economies/ ideas, practices, stories... for working together AND resolving challenges Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:35:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ben Ziegler http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/2010/07/04/the-green-collective-using-co-opetition-to-promote-local-sustainable-economies/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Ben Ziegler Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:22:03 +0000 http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/?p=4045#comment-449 Great advice Kare... about getting it right, up front, and setting the groundwork (e.g., protocols) for dealing with the different situations (like member changes) that inevitably arise. And I agree with your point about 2 businesses in same business/product line... good things can happen if the 2 biz TRULY believe they can expand the value/opportunity pie by working together. As usual... thanks for your excellent comments. Great advice Kare… about getting it right, up front, and setting the groundwork (e.g., protocols) for dealing with the different situations (like member changes) that inevitably arise. And I agree with your point about 2 businesses in same business/product line… good things can happen if the 2 biz TRULY believe they can expand the value/opportunity pie by working together. As usual… thanks for your excellent comments.

]]> By: kare anderson http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/2010/07/04/the-green-collective-using-co-opetition-to-promote-local-sustainable-economies/comment-page-1/#comment-447 kare anderson Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:30:37 +0000 http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/?p=4045#comment-447 It is admirable and difficult to form and keep a collective going and your thorough post alludes to them. From my experience the more explicit the group is at the beginning about their top goal, the things they agree to do collectively - and the way by which they agree to add or remove members - all seem to help along the way. That specificity sets the groundwork for expectations - including how they agree to change them. When any 2 businesses have overlapping products there are difficulties unless there is a larger opportunity they can see, upfront - such as collectively serving a large client or special niche - which they can do better together than alone. I continue to be impressed by the news-you-can-use value of this blog. Kudos to you! It is admirable and difficult to form and keep a collective going and your thorough post alludes to them. From my experience the more explicit the group is at the beginning about their top goal, the things they agree to do collectively – and the way by which they agree to add or remove members – all seem to help along the way.

That specificity sets the groundwork for expectations – including how they agree to change them.

When any 2 businesses have overlapping products there are difficulties unless there is a larger opportunity they can see, upfront – such as collectively serving a large client or special niche – which they can do better together than alone.

I continue to be impressed by the news-you-can-use value of this blog. Kudos to you!

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