The life cycle of values-driven alliances

Values-driven alliances are specific alliances in the sense that they focus on contributing to a better society. There are many models that represent the life cycle of alliances. Based on my own experiences with values-driven alliances, I describe the life course in four phases: forming, founding, evolving and transforming. These four stages are not linear stages in the alliance life cycle. It is a dynamic and continuous pattern full of paradoxes and tensions.