Table Table 1 Revenue operations & AI 1 September 2026

Why is a partner list not an effective channel design?

Channel object	Question
Reach	Which customer, geography, segment, or use case becomes accessible?
Activity	Who creates demand, sells, implements, services, and learns?
Power	Which participant can influence decisions, standards, access, or resources?
Monitoring	Which behavior, outcome, and information can each firm observe?
Coordination	Which handoffs, rules, incentives, and data keep activities aligned?
Conflict	Which goals, territories, prices, or responsibilities can pull the channel apart?

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A channel needs governance before it needs another partner

A channel does not need another partner by default: first define power, monitoring, coordination, conflict, and the management question.

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@misc{isoglu-2026-a-channel-needs-governance-before-another-partner-fig01,
  author = {Isoglu, Sinan},
  title = {{Why is a partner list not an effective channel design?}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Table 1, isoglu.com},
  url = {https://isoglu.com/insights/exhibits/isoglu-2026-a-channel-needs-governance-before-another-partner-fig01/},
  note = {From the essay {A channel needs governance before it needs another partner}}
}

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