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7 Reasons Why You Can’t Do It Yourself

Strategy Driven

Outsourcing may appear as a less cost-effective solution, but it is likely to drive more satisfying outcomes than any automated or smart tech tool. Just as anybody can use a hammer, only trained professionals can build a house. Ideally, you want to reach out to a professional or develop your web building skills accordingly.

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Change management and sales: influencing the buying decision path

Strategy Driven

We are holding a hammer, waiting for the time when they are ready with a nail. I actually developed a pre-sales model that facilitates a buyer’s change management process call Buying Facilitation®. But this is a much more efficient way to do this. I’m not taking away sales; I’m just employing it at the right time.

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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

In our experience, it can take several months for a company to hammer out its defini­tion of innovation. What makes it useful, though, is the understanding that has developed over time as these criteria have been used to determine which ideas are truly innovative and which aren’t. This definition may seem somewhat generic.