I'm excited to welcome back my next guest to Ultimate Guide to Partnering. Janet Schijns is a go-to-market and profitable growth expert, board member, ecosystem growth expert, and megacosm guru.

As CEO of JS Group, a transformative market consulting firm, Janet is a visionary of the channel ecosystem, she is in charge of developing GTM plans and numerous 5-star, award-winning channel programs. Her approach is to manage challenges with a razor-sharp problem-solving skill set that delivers. Janet has the "street cred" and experience to close deals in business and operating models, sales channels, partner development, product innovation, digital transformation, robotics and automation, and ecosystem management. In this episode, Janet and I deep dive on why partnerships fail & how to fix them.

Let's dive into the world of channels and ecosystems with Janet as she shares her expertise on the challenges executive-level managers encounter in channel strategy, marketplace predictions, the role of generative AI, market action planning, and fail-first strategy. She also discusses how to address the lack of women in partnerships, protect women from abuse through financial independence, and more.