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The Solution to the Skills Gap Could Already Be Inside Your Company

Harvard Business Review

To the contrary, I believe programs like AT&T’s provide opportunities to keep employee populations relevant—and those with relevant skills are less likely to get disintermediated. Career Choice embraces this, providing employees with opportunities for skills and training that lead to career betterment.

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When AI Becomes the New Face of Your Brand

Harvard Business Review

Executives should also be wary of how AI increases the dangers of brand disintermediation. To study those issues and others, we surveyed how AI is being implemented at more than 1,000 global companies. How to Properly Rear Your Brand Ambassador. The Curious Incident of Brand Disintermediation.

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What Salespeople Need to Know About the New B2B Landscape

Harvard Business Review

This is a big transition for firms whose marketing, sales-training and enablement tools, and wider organizational processes reflect outdated assumptions about purchasing in their markets. Specious talk about disintermediation of salespeople obscures the real issues facing firms. The sales force is more important than ever.

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