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Co-opetition = an opportunity to learn, even from your competition.

21 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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This content was created by Andy Neary. This content was uploaded by Andy Neary. This is a YouTube video titled "Co-opetition = an opportunity to learn, even from your competition." (created 2026-01-21). The excerpt is a single-speaker monologue (labelled SPEAKER A) presenting the concept of “coopetition” — cooperating with competitors to learn from lost cases or customers, debrief, engage with others (even CEOs), and improve while acting with class, respect, and integrity. The speaker frames coopetition as a practical strategy that helped the organization (referred to as "intersture" in the clip) thrive. The segment reads like a talk or presentation excerpt rather than a back-and-forth dialog.

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Use a term that I really like, coop petition. Define coopetition and how that has helped intersture thrive. Sure. You know, coopetition, again, to beat that horse is really about leaning into the fact that, you know, you're in the same markets. Right. We are all national players at this point. But guess what? If I lose a case to someone or I'm losing a customer, what's the opportunity that I have to learn from that? Right. I can debrief with my team. I'll say they can go one step farther. They can pick up the phone and talk to the CEO. It's never about limiting people's free choices. We don't do that. That would be. Well, that would be inappropriate. Right. But it's that opportunity to learn from somebody, to learn from the customer, and to get smarter and better. And so that's just one example. But coopetition really is knowing that we coexist. We may stumble across each other once in a while, but it's acting with class, with respect, and with integrity.