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Context and curiosity drive commerciality and pricing

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Context and curiosity drive commerciality and pricing By exploring key themes in commerciality and entrepreneurship, we saw why risk management and anticipating return on investment (ROI) is critical when making the business case for marketing investment. And the strategic need to align marketing objectives to a firm’s strategic intent.

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Preparing M&BD professionals for the future – learning, skills and knowledge transfer

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A New Approach to Writing Job Descriptions (hbr.org)) Then it was over to the delegates – split into two teams to consider what current and future competencies they felt were important.

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Book review: Neuroscience for learning and development by Stella Collins

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Neuroplasticity There’s a detailed section on brain basics (including explanations on neurons, neurotransmitters and brainwaves) for those who are unfamiliar with neuroscience which you’ll need to make sense of the later content of the book. And guidance on making best use of digital training technologies. Stories aid stickiness.

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Release time to become a more proactive Marketing and Business Development Executive (November 2022)

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How can I make the time to be proactive? We discussed a variety of ways to free up time so that you can shift towards being more proactive, including: Time management – Deploy techniques to manage our time effectively – especially blocking regular time out to think. Plan my career as I plan a marketing project to make it happen.

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The Value of Taking a Sabbatical

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In addition, we’ll give you a $2,500 bonus to make sure you can do something fun while you are away. I can take a half day to do some strategic thinking and planning without getting distracted. Role #1 (2011-2015): Talk to customers, build the product, repeat. Principles > decisions. I’m more patient.