Integrating Collaboration with Competition in Business, Government, and Society
October 11, 2013
Hosted by Olivia Parr-Rud
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In today’s highly diverse, global economy, companies are increasingly seeking strategic partnerships to expand their reach. This may require collaboration among numerous stakeholders within a highly complex commercial and governmental environment. To be successful, organizations must employ a mediated, balanced, and transparent process for negotiation, consensus-building, and issue resolution among multiple parties. My guest, Michael Sussman, has been perfecting this approach for almost 20 years through his work with the railroad industry. His thought-leadership and non-partisan approach to public-private partnership has gained him respect among all branches of government at the federal, state, and local levels. His framework and methodology serve as a guide for organizations looking to collaborate within and between a variety of industries and government institutions. Please join me and my guest, Michael Sussman, as we explore the power of multi-stakeholder collaboration.
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In today’s fast-paced, high-tech, global economy, the business landscape is constantly changing. The confluence of big data, emerging technologies, and global connectivity puts unprecedented pressure on companies to become more innovative and agile. To maintain a competitive edge, companies must constantly adapt while continuing to identify and exploit new opportunities. Interestingly, new models are emerging from science and nature that offer a unique perspective – one that sees our global economy as a highly interconnected, continually evolving complex adaptive system. These models unveil powerful insights for optimizing our business strategies and processes. Each week on Quantum Business Insights, Olivia explores these concepts with thought leaders from around the globe. We look for ways to leverage their insights to ignite innovation, inspire our workforce, and create positive outcomes for our companies, our communities, and the planet.
Olivia Parr-Rud
Olivia Parr-Rud is a renowned thought-leader, speaker, author, and consultant in the areas of business intelligence, innovative leadership, and organizational alignment. She is considered a pioneer in the integration of data science and holistic organizational practices that deliver success through the optimal blending of quantitative and qualitative methodologies and practices.
Her early research and innovative advancements in data mining and business intelligence led to the writing of her best-selling book, Data Mining Cookbook, Modeling for Acquisition, Risk and Customer Relationship Management (Wiley, 2001). Realizing the need for enhanced human competencies in fast-paced, high-tech organizations, she was inspired to conduct research in the areas the communication, collaboration, innovation, adaptability, and leadership. This led to the unveiling of links between the global economy, organizational dynamics and complexity science, highlighted in her second book, Business Intelligence Success Factors, Aligning for Success in a Global Economy (Wiley/SAS, 2009).
Olivia lectures and consults internationally in the areas of business intelligence, communication, innovation, and leadership. Her current research is focused on psychology, human capital, brain science, quantum physics, evolutionary biology, systems theory, and complexity science. She holds a BA in Mathematics and an MS in Statistics.
