The Rhythm of Business provides consulting, research, and education to develop and grow the ability to succeed within collaborative networks, such as strategic alliances, public-private partnerships, consortia, and cross-functional or cross-business unit research and account teams.

We fuse entrepreneurial thinking, practical cross-industry experience, and unique, data-driven assessments to target when and how to use collaboration for strategic advantage. Our approach builds in an appreciation that part of the job of collaboration and alliance management is to develop the ability of others to work with a variety of alliance partners and other collaborators. Our methods also acknowledge that for some organizations a specific alliance management or collaborative network function is the way to go and for others it is not.

Collaborative networks are how work gets done. The ability to collaborate is as important as an organization's core competency. Few organizations possess that ability. Those that do, have a competitive advantage over their rivals.