A creative business strategist, I’ve witnessed the innovation, competitive advantage and resilience of collaborative organizations. But there are several challenges today. A pioneer of profitable new markets and revenue streams, co-founded Comradity to revolutionize collaboration. It takes new incentive structures, process, and impact measurement to engage the "special forces" stakeholders who are willing to risk their assets, mastery, and energy. When treated fairly and transparently, these collaborations have the potential for growth that is naturally more resilient than an acquisition.A veteran strategist who began at Leo Burnett working with clients from P&G Secret to launching Wrigley’s Bubble Tape. Experienced navigating crises, starting with her first assignment at Leo Burnett, when United Airlines was shut down for 50 days during a ground crew strike. The challenge was to get people to come back to the airline without starting a fare war. The promotion offered future discounts for full fare tickets – leading to the frequent flier programs we are familiar with today. It worked for many reasons, but the most important was that leaders didn't take for granted the resilience of all stakeholders' "skin in the game" - from customers to partners to employees.That insight continued to be key to every lesson learned: Leaders who built complex organizations acknowledge that they didn’t do it alone. They understood that their organization was only as resilient as the weakest link between all the stakeholders, internally and externally. When they were fair and balanced the diverse interests of all, everyone’s return on investment was multiplied. SkillsIn a time when words aren’t enough, I share my Clifton Strengths Profile as a proof source of what differentiates me from my talented peers. • Strategic thinking to create order out of too much information• Ideas that inspire more ideas.• Responsibility to others that earns trust and loyalty from peers and partners.• Persistence. • A fast learner who sees what will matter on the horizon and can’t wait for others to catch up!* Clifton Strengths explanation: https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/253736/cliftonstrengths-domains.aspx#ite-260156