These cases are drawn from real partnerships we've worked with. Details have been changed to protect confidentiality, but the patterns are real — and if you recognise your partnership in any of them, that's usually a good starting point for a conversation.

structural solutions to typical problems

Equalising quality of projects in a complex public-private partnership

Reducing decision-making time in a big healthcare consortium

A cross-sectoral network was struggling with missed deadlines and low performance.

The manager initially attributed it to the low enthusiasm, but it turned out that the funding model was the real reason.