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Expecting the Unexpected: Meet Unpredictability with Agility and Adaptability

The Practical Leader

That was the approach of a national media organization with their January 2nd leading headline story: “If you thought 2022 was bad, wait until you see what 2023 has in store for the economy.” Harvard Business School professor, James Heskett, poses a vital question in “Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?”

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How to Conduct a “Customer Listening Session” | Top Executive.

Tony Mayo

Here are my instructions on how you can organize your own customer listening session. Steps to Organizing a Customer Listening Session Be explicit about the corporate goals the listening session is meant to support, e.g., growth, margin, line expansion, service offerings, locations, market positioning, etc. Listening is important.

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