A and B are two people. A is CEO of his own company, and his company is well established since many years. B is an independent worker.
This is the beginning of May.
B is looking for (a) mission(s) to work on during July and August, but has difficulties to find them, because B is new on the market and his network is poorly developed. A has proposed B a one month contract for July. B ideally fits the need of A, in terms of timing and expertise. B is very much interested by the offer, but does not want to sign the contract immediately because he absolutely needs to work in July and August for reasons which are not necessary to be detailed. Consequently he waits before signing the contract, because if he finds in the meantime a mission for July and August for another customer, he will go for this latter mission. It is out of question for A to offer B a mission for July and August : the need is clearly for one month, not more.
What is the best plan for action which maximizes the probability to obtain a win-win* situation ?
(* : ideal in the TRIZ meaning)
This is the beginning of May.
B is looking for (a) mission(s) to work on during July and August, but has difficulties to find them, because B is new on the market and his network is poorly developed. A has proposed B a one month contract for July. B ideally fits the need of A, in terms of timing and expertise. B is very much interested by the offer, but does not want to sign the contract immediately because he absolutely needs to work in July and August for reasons which are not necessary to be detailed. Consequently he waits before signing the contract, because if he finds in the meantime a mission for July and August for another customer, he will go for this latter mission. It is out of question for A to offer B a mission for July and August : the need is clearly for one month, not more.
What is the best plan for action which maximizes the probability to obtain a win-win* situation ?
(* : ideal in the TRIZ meaning)
A could offer B to perform the mission in june, so that B would remain available for a possible 2 months mission in july & august.
ReplyDeleteDear Bruce, even if it is not written, it is implicit that B has already one or several missions from May to June.
ReplyDeleteIt makes the problem a little harder !
hmm, I was sure it was too easy to be correct, but just in case ...
ReplyDeleteNo other idea right now, I have to think about it a little more ! (and I guess I should read the previous posts to get some clue since I missed a few)
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