Subject Line: The partnership that crumbled because nobody asked about IRB timelines
The examples in this newsletter are drawn from real partnership experiences. Names and identifying details have been altered to protect privacy.
Who's This For
I'm writing this for anyone who has watched a partnership fail not because of bad intentions but because of missing infrastructure.
You've secured the letters of support. The advisory board is enthusiastic. Leadership has given the green light. And then the partnership stalls because research compliance takes six months longer than the project timeline allows. Or because no one can figure out who pays for the student transportation. Or because the shared data requires agreements that don't exist yet.
This issue is about the invisible layer that makes visible partnerships possible: structural partnerships.