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For Friends - By Friends.

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Best Friend at Work

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For Friends - By Friends.

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Create Value Innovation: Funding Innovation in tough times

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Laquo; Blog Action Day - Blue Oceans of Non-customers. Keep the idea factory open ». Funding Innovation in tough times. Innovation can sometimes be difficult to fund, as innovation is often seen as something that happens when you have the luxury of downtime.  Smarter firms are more intentional about funding innovation as a consistent part of their strategy.  But what happens when the economy is down? 0160; What is the business case for innovation now? In a recent Knowledge@Wharton. Look at major trends,.

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Create Value Innovation: Who are the positive deviants in this recession?

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Laquo; Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500. Who are the positive deviants in this recession? OK, there is plenty of negative chatter on the economy to go around.  Now what? 0160; Time to start looking at the positive deviants.  These are the companies and individuals who thrive despite the circumstances. Hyundai defied the odds. 0160; Find the obstacle and knock it away. Keep a feeder tube connected to ready pools of capital. Invest in the future. Identify and eliminate barriers to customer delight.

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Create Value Innovation: Engineers, are your salespeople embarrasing you?

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Laquo; Check out my OTHER blog - named one of the Top 100 Leadership Blogs! Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500 ». Engineers, are your salespeople embarrasing you? Engineers get frustrated when salespeople cannot fully and accurately communicate the business benefits of their creations.  Even more frustrating is when salespeople use so much jargon to describe their company and their products and services that their messa. Please have them contact me. And my team for help, wont you? Engineers get frus...

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Create Value Innovation: How to increase sales performance without training

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Laquo; Keep the idea factory open. Check out my OTHER blog - named one of the Top 100 Leadership Blogs! How to increase sales performance without training. Many sales leaders look to outside trainers to give their salespeople a jump start, an energy boost, a shot of motivation and sometimes, some new skills and tools to help them succeed.  As one of those trainers myself, I can tell you that training is not always the answer. 0160; It is waiting to be discovered among your. Identify the high performers.

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Create Value Innovation: Keep the idea factory open

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Laquo; Funding Innovation in tough times. How to increase sales performance without training ». Keep the idea factory open. Innovation is sometimes seen as what happens when you have downtime.  Most mature organizations place their greatest energy and emphasis on control and competition, versus collaboration and innovation.  In that world, downtime is an accident, not an intentional act. . Tom Fishburne humorously illustrates this point in his latest cartoon, inspired by Seth Godins. New book, Tribes.

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Create Value Innovation: Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500

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Laquo; Engineers, are your salespeople embarrasing you? Who are the positive deviants in this recession? Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500. Innovation is often focused on products and services.  What about innovating how you attract, engage and manage people? Made this part of its strategy.  By making employees number one (not customers), they were able to create a customer experience that has helped reshape an industry.  HCL. Who are your next employees? 0160; Gen X, Gen Y, the Facebook Generation?