How do you check your projects/campaigns/experiments before launching? Impact Mapping is a tool that Gojko Adzic introduced to me in a book several years back. In it’s simplest form, I have found it to be an excellent way to check for alignment, and clarity when launching and committing to a project or marketing campaign/experiment. It is what Read More …
What is not distributed now will become distributed. – Unknown If we believe the above statement, what will our sales force look like in the future? How will it be distributed? William Gibson is credited with the well-known saying, “The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed.” I would attest that our present sales efforts in most instances are to Read More …
I think about Lean in three distinctively different ways: Tools: Documentation, problem-solving, development, design Structure: Creating a workflow to traverse between one to the other in a natural progression. Behavior: The way we practice to achieve specific outcomes in an efficient manner. By doing this, it allows me to move from micro to macro thinking Read More …
Does Your Sales Compensation Incentivize the Correct Lean Behavior? Does Your Sales Compensation Incentivize the Correct Agile Behavior? Is there a Secret Sauce Transitioning from Solo to Team Selling? PDF Download Co-authors, Jeffrey Liker and David Meir, of The Toyota Way Fieldbook defined the Supplier Partnering Hierarchy of Toyota that consisted of 7 steps. I have always Read More …
This is a not so simple exercise I use when working with customers in a Business Development capacity. We work from the known to the unknown in an iterative fashion. We do this initially for our Core Value Stream, Key Accounts, Key Segments, Key Markets and in that order. If you can complete this, I Read More …
According to Andy Molinsky, an expert on behavior in the business world, there are five key challenges underlying our avoidance tendencies: authenticity, competence, resentment, likability and morality. Does the new behavior you’re attempting feel authentic to you? Is it the right thing to do? Answering these questions will help identify the “gap” in our behavioral Read More …