Sometimes its what they did teach you in school that counts. One of those times is understanding the position from which something or someone is observed. We call this a point of view. A story and even a business story can be told in one of three different ways and uniquely named as first person, second person, and Read More …
Putting the ideas of a futurist such as Amy Webb into practice can be a good start. The ideas Webb discusses in her book has helped me refine a few of my methods. It has helped me develop a better practice routine and believe it gave me a better feel for evaluating the future and as Read More …
Triangulation is not only the world’s strongest geometric shape but I would argue the strongest sales and marketing concept that we can employ. In land surveying, two points do little besides determining a distance. That third point is what provides the relative position. In sales, the idea of seeking out the decision-maker and closing the Read More …
There have been few books that impacted my work in using Lean in the marketing process than this book, The Theory U. C. Otto Scharmer has just released a new version that is well worth the read, Amazon: http://amzn.to/2ptDuTE I was using CAP-Do (superimposed over the “U” in the image to show how it corresponds to Read More …
Stefanie Jansen’s new book The 7 Principles of Complete Co-Creation presents a comprehensive view on co-creation. Illustrated by various international case studies, it explains co-creation not as a method, tool or project, but as a new paradigm in which end-users play an ongoing, active role with and for organizations that are relevant to them. Stefanie trained in Read More …