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Staying on top of global negotiation trends and the latest thinking will help drive your own success. Our research reports and articles keep you up to date on what's happening around the world - all delivered with a keen negotiation angle and fresh perspective.

Covid recovery: Total value thinking

The Gap Partnership

October 2020

The third in Graham Botwright's "Covid Recovery" films investigates the compelling commercial concept of "total value thinking": what it is, how to cultivate it, and what the results will be if you do.

Covid recovery: Negotiation agility

The Gap Partnership

September 2020

The second in Graham Botwright's "Covid Recovery" films explores the concept of negotiation agility and how it has fueled an extraordinary commercial success story of 2020.

Covid recovery: Introduction to the 5 traits of successful businesses

The Gap Partnership

September 2020

CEO Graham Botwright introduces the first in a series of 6 films that look at how successful businesses are behaving in the time of the pandemic - and what other companies can do to emulate them.

Joint business plans: Achieving the elusive win-win

Vince Brook

July 2020

A detailed and practical guide to successfully negotiating that holy grail of corporate agreements: joint business plans. Doing it well means achieving an agreement that is of mutual benefit, has minimized risk, and is appropriately owned and managed by all parties.

The Negotiation Society magazine: The diversity issue

Emma Weare

July 2020

The latest edition of The Negotiation Society magazine is themed around diversity, inclusion and belonging. A range of experts from both within and outside The Gap Partnership share with us their personal and professional viewpoints on the topic, and the role that negotiation plays.

The new digital world post-Covid-19

Mark Mirra

June 2020

The inexorable rise of digital has now sky-rocketed to be front and centre of the world's consciousness, powering us through times of social distancing and quarantine.

Is it time for procurement teams to embrace AI?

Mark Mirra

June 2020

Procurement professionals are leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to change the way they run their businesses. And, whilst we haven’t yet found ourselves in a world where a wire-veined adamantium humanoid is going to take our jobs, we have arrived at a place where technology could enhance nearly every action we take.

The gender and negotiation report: Executive summary

The Gap Partnership

June 2020

A global research study conducted by The Gap Partnership to deliver insight and learning into the role that gender plays in negotiation. This executive summary shares the headline findings from the research.

Gender differences: The way ahead

Serena Tittl

June 2020

Gender differences. Equality and gender bias. Diversity in the workplace. Regardless of your individual positions, these topics come loaded with personal connotations and elicit a plethora of emotions. But why?