The more the business environment changes, the faster the value of what you know diminishes.
Success hinges on the ability to participate in a growing array of knowledge flows.

Hagel, Seely-Brown and Davison

Membership in the Alliance for Business Innovation enables you and your organization to participate in a growing array of knowledge flows. But, insight and ideas about changing business dynamics are merely the starting point – the tip of the iceberg.

Alliance programs and initiative help member turn ideas and insights in actionable strategies and pratical implementation plan and then to act. But the Alliance is not just about program development. It is a diverse community, a networked brain trust of business leaders who want to thrive amidst change and complexity. It is especially powerful because members share a common framework for action and experience with social computing tools that enhance dialogs and collaboration.

Benefits of Alliance Membership

Insights
Gain an understanding of how change and innovation has created a new normal in business–where new rules rein and some old “tried & true” business practices are actually counter-productive.
Programs
Opportunities to become involved in a collaborative process with a diverse group of business leaders to explore the implications of innovation and new business dynamics. The goal: learn how to turn the new challenges into opportunities and new possibilities.
Co-Development Labs
Have your implementation team in on the collaborative development of innovative business practices that leverage change or innovation to create and deliver value to customers.
Applied Research
Learn from Alliance Fellows who apply their expertise to see fresh perspectives and practical methods of seeing and seizing the opportunities brought on by innovation and change.
Incubation Programs
Bring innovation inside your organization quickly and effectively by using the Alliance methods, tools and coaching.
Alliance Community
Participate in a networked brain trust that enables members to learn a diverse group of peers. This community is especially powerful because members share a common strategic framework and experience with social computing tools that enhance collaboration.
see the PROGRAM section for more details

Our members are able to participate in various programs and innovation labs in themes that are of value to their organizational context and need. Cross-corporate programs include selected research and expertise of our Fellows, and the facilitation of our Experience Leaders. Custom Programs are also available to members who wish to share the brain trust’s collective intelligence, tailor the message and innovation lab demonstrations to their industry and situation, and engage a broader group of organizational leaders. There are three levels of membership:

• Organization Memberships are designed for both strategic leaders and the people in their organizations who will champion, lead, and put new initiatives into action.
• Individual Executive Membershipsgive leaders a chance to gain insights and strategies for dealing with a new normal in business.
• Free Membership provides the general business community access to the insights and publications of the Alliance.

Alliance membership is exclusively for organization and individual business leaders. Consultants and professional services providers may not directly become members. This creates and environment where members can interact and collaborate free from commercial overtures or agendas.