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Back to the Future: F2F selling is returning, but virtual selling is here to stay

Strategic Account Management Association

Both sides similarly report that engaging in joint ideation and brainstorming to develop or configure customized solutions is much harder virtually than when done in the same room with a physical white board and flip charts. As one executive explained, “Buy and sell widgets virtually?

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Recap of PIEworks: How to Create a Culture of Innovation and Continuous Improvement

ClearPoint Strategy

Innovation is vital for organizations to improve their processes and successfully meet their goals. Yet, many organizations still struggle to create a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. This was only one of the tools Brandon showed off to expose how your team can leverage technology to improve innovation.

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Top 5 Criteria for Selecting Winning Innovation Ideas

Planview

As the leader of an innovation program, your role is about generating business value from the spark of an idea. But how can you tell which innovation ideas from your latest brainstorming session will deliver results? However, this separation doesn’t eliminate the need to track innovation results through delivery of the idea.

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9 Surefire Ways to Kill Innovation (That You Aren’t Thinking About)

Planview

But bad business habits can throw a major wrench in innovation before it even has a chance to get off the ground. Here are 10 things you might be doing without thinking that are killing your innovation efforts right now. You want people to contribute great ideas to your innovation program, and that’s exciting. Play Favorites.

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Idea Diversity: Key to Building a Culture of Innovation

Planview

In her Huffington Post article , Tiffani Bova, Contributor Global Customer Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce, touches on an important point made by Lisa Bodell, an award-winning author and CEO of Futurethink, that has a big impact on building a culture of innovation: idea diversity.

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40+ AI Productivity Tools to Help You Get More Done

Nutshell

In this article, we’ll explain how artificial intelligence software can enhance productivity and provide a comprehensive list of the best AI productivity tools. At Nutshell, we build artificial intelligence into our software to help your sales reps accomplish more in less time.

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Proactive marketing and business development executives – CRM, internal engagement and career insights

Red Star Kim

CRM and Marketing Automation Software for SMBs | Act! Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM Software | Infor CRM SLX (In 2014, Infor acquired Saleslogix from Sage) What is Intapp CRM? kimtasso.com) Demonstrate the value of marketing and business development – Sometimes, M&BD is seen as a last resort to “jazz things up”. “We

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