{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/627e954c-aa68-4f1a-85d5-5682fdc5d0d5/a0069d89-b825-4a09-bedd-8490df3c2bf4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Collaboration Beats Competition: Paul Skinner","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6100770b31fd81f125b34d81/610077399a9767001477d91c.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>In recent decades, business strategy has been built on the idea that we must compete to win.</p><p><br></p><p>But what if the competitive model of business is now broken?&nbsp;In today’s interconnected, digital world, strategies to create competitive advantage may&nbsp;be holding&nbsp;us&nbsp;back— with a negative impact on the workplace and the economy.</p><p><br></p><p>In his new book&nbsp;“<a href=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn%3D9781408710746&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536932333255000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFcgWQbJm3SwqPuoXdVzyd0d6zYTw\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Collaborative&nbsp;Advantage: How Collaboration Beats Competition as a Strategy for Success</em></a><em>\". </em>British marketing and business consultant Paul&nbsp;Skinner presents Collaborative Advantage as a radical alternative to the conventional goal of Competitive Advantage.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Skinner says:&nbsp;\"We can be more ambitious in the way we grow our businesses, increase the impact of our non-profits and find better solutions to our most pressing problems when we view our opportunities through the lens of cooperation rather than competition.\"</p><p><br></p><p>This episode explores:</p><ul><li>How Competitive Advantage can overshadow human purpose and the capacity for cooperation in businesses and other organizations.</li><li>How leaders can put cooperation-enabling ideas at the heart of their businesses and deepen relationships with customers, clients and employees.</li><li>How the dogma of Competitive Advantage may explain why solutions offered by previous guests “How Do We Fix It?”&nbsp;are not yet mainstream</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Paul Skinner&nbsp;&nbsp;is&nbsp;the founder of the U.K.-based <a href=\"https://www.theaof.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Agency of the Future</a>, and founder of <a href=\"https://www.pimpmycause.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Pimp My Cause</a>, which uses cause-related marketing to boost the capabilities of teams&nbsp;and individuals. Paul is a regular listener to “How Do We Fix It?”</p>","author_name":"DaviesContent"}