Partner Talk: Radical Collaboration in Action - Partnering for Real Impact.

Posted: October 10, 2025

By Guillaume Boué, Head of Technology Partners, Global, AVEVA

Welcome to Partner Talk: Radical Collaboration in Action. Over the past decade, I’ve had the privilege of working alongside some of the world’s most innovative industrial organizations on their data transformation journeys. Through this experience, I’ve witnessed the extraordinary power of collaboration—how bold partnerships can achieve outcomes that no single company could accomplish alone. This belief drives me every day: building and scaling successful partnerships requires boldness, bravery, and persistence.

That’s why I’m excited to launch this new blog series, Partner Talk: Radical Collaboration in Action. It’s a space to share stories, insights, and real-world examples of how united technology ecosystems can deliver unprecedented value for our customers and the industry.

The world is in the midst of great change. Technology is connecting us in ways not seen before. Yet these same advances are increasingly tested by global fragmentation. We’re living in a paradoxical world where connection and de-globalization are happening simultaneously.

Against this backdrop, today’s biggest challenges – from productivity pressures to emissions reductions to supply chain resilience – can only be solved collectively.

AVEVA’s response to this new and complex landscape is rooted in Radical Collaboration, enabled by our CONNECT platform. We’re embracing fresh ways of thinking, powered by intelligent systems and deep cooperation.

To bring this vision to life, I’m honored to lead this blog series, which will bring together our community, share ideas, and explore the tangible benefits of working in partnership. At its core, AVEVA is a connector through its CONNECT platform. This series will highlight how partner-led innovation can create shared value for end-customers, technology partners, and system integrators.

The blogs will feature insights from eminent AVEVA technology allies such as Microsoft, AWS, Databricks and ServiceNow, among others. These partners are not just collaborators; they are innovators. Together, we are tackling some of the industry’s toughest challenges – at speed and on a large scale.

We are leveraging best-of-breed technologies in industrial AI, agentic AI, and operational analytics. As organizational data converges with enterprise AI, collaboration isn’t optional – it’s the catalyst for unlocking new insights and continuously optimizing engineering and operations.

Real-world stories

In this series, we’ll explore the practical challenges and opportunities of working together and sharing data effectively. You’ll see how strategic collaboration can improve productivity, drive new ideas, and lead to meaningful, measurable outcomes.

Along the way, we’ll highlight real partner success stories and showcase how product-led innovation is helping organizations turn vision into value.

No company can transform alone

Radical collaboration means leaving siloes behind and working across companies, industries, and even countries. Amazing things happen when diverse perspectives come together.

Cross-pollination often drives the most surprising innovations. For example, algae, once seen as an urban nuisance, is now being harnessed by Brilliant Planet to capture atmospheric carbon – made possible by collaboration across industries, technologies, and people.

An ecosystem of ecosystems

Radical collaboration is a mindset shift. It’s about sharing across domains, bringing a multidisciplinary approach to problems, and tapping into systems thinking.

We call it the ‘ecosystem of ecosystems’ – a departure from the old way of working. It’s built on the recognition that sharing information doesn’t diminish its value; it multiplies it.

The future is partner-led

Our ‘Partner Talk: Radical Collaboration in Action’ series will spotlight the voices driving this transformation. Because in today’s world, no company can transform alone. The future belongs to those who collaborate radically, innovate continuously, and CONNECT deeply.

Radical collaboration starts here. This is just the beginning – join us. 

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Guillaume Boué

Head of Technology Partners, Global, AVEVA

Guillaume Boué leads the global go-to-market strategy for technology partnerships at AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software. He drives joint value creation across independent software vendors (ISVs), cloud platforms, and hardware providers.

Based in Paris, Guillaume works across AVEVA’s commercial and partner ecosystem to accelerate integration, co-selling, and strategic growth—especially through AVEVA’s CONNECT platform, which enables seamless collaboration and data sharing across industrial operations.

With a background in enterprise sales and a strong focus on industrial data transformation, Guillaume brings a pragmatic, execution-driven approach to scaling partnerships that deliver measurable business impact. His work spans SaaS integration, Industrial AI, and sustainability-aligned innovation.

He believes that technological innovation must serve a purpose—improving people’s lives, enabling safer and more efficient industries, and supporting global decarbonization goals. This conviction guides his approach to building partnerships that matter.

Guillaume holds an MBA from IAE Paris Sorbonne Business School and an engineering degree from Groupe ENI (École Nationale d’Ingénieurs). Outside of work, he’s a proud father of two, a passionate gravel cyclist who enjoys multi-day bike adventures, outdoor activities, and time spent in nature.