agileA storytelling business model pioneer proved that the best way to get consistent delivery is to stop letting partners tell their own story and start owning it. Set the narrative. Align every partner. Deliver a consistent experience. Win.
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It's the same principle Branson used to build Virgin. One brand, one experience, many touchpoints. Adapted to vendor management: one provider system, one management experience, many vendor touchpoints.
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. All because the company learned to manage vendor relationships from a first principles thinker who proved that the best way to manage vendor relationships is to stop accepting contracts at face value and start breaking every relationship down to its fundamentals, questioning every assumption, and rebuilding from the ground up.
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. The best way to manage a vendor is to stop treating them like a contract and start treating them like a person.
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. The next time the search provider has an outage or the payment processor changes their API, your team of four knows immediately, has a process to respond, and has a feedback loop to prevent it from happening again.
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Start by taking your next new vendor engagement and running it as a one-iteration pilot with five written acceptance criteria before any larger commitment is made.
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