Devoted to Managers and those that seek to improve their management skills

In our current state of business, we have come to the place where we must embrace our customers as partners. This isn't something we must start thinking about in the future sometime; it is already upon us big time.

Think of the video gaming industry, social-networking sites and even a place like Starbucks which seems to have an endless array of offerings for any palate out there.

How does one work with numerous partners? How can you build a business model based upon that?

In the area of technology, it's not really as hard as it looks. As CRMguru says, "The gaming industry provides gamers with the source code and the tools to modify the games. In this way, the gamers, themselves, can personalize the experience. This "mod" community—for "modification"—is made up of people who have always treated the games as theirs, playing them and adapting them in such a way that they ultimately transform the original game into something entirely different."

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