Joint Governance

Abstract

Increasingly, organisations are specialising in their core competences and using strategic partners to provide the end to end delivery of products and services to their customers. These strategic partners could be local and increasingly global. Sometimes strategic partners are used to share common assets and resources and make use of shared service centres. Others are through some form of venture, such as joint ventures.

We feel the effects of the moon in the lunar rhythm, as it waxes and wanes. It has subtle effects on the human body and mind. Life on Earth would be much different without the moon. It’s safe to say life as we know it today would not exist without the stabilizing effects of the moon. Its gravitational pull stabilises the tilt of the earth, and that produces more moderate climates and seasons and without the tides created by the moon, the earth would spin about three to four times faster than it does – that would have big implications on life. Like the stabilising effects of the moon, many organisations now work with partners to help them grow, prosper, or just survive. However the gravitational pull from partners and alignment with the centrifugal forces created by the organisation itself need to be aligned and harnessed. Joint governance must help create that balance and harmony between the organisations.