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KPI Management: Open Innovation KPIs

Flevy

Open Innovation Programs represent a paradigm shift in how organizations approach innovation, moving beyond the confines of internal R&D to leverage the collective creativity and expertise of external partners.

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How to Identify Key Accounts: A Quick Guide to Getting it Right

Account Manager Tips

You're sitting on a goldmine of existing customers that: can deliver an above-average revenue growth; want to invest in your partnership; will co-create value in ways that neither of you could do alone. You'll select your key accounts with 15 criteria which are grouped into three categories: Growth, Harmony and Value Creation.

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Book review – Managing Brands

Red Star Kim

Towards the end of the post is a review of a classic brands book “ Brand Leadership” By David A Aaker and Erich Joachimsthaler which I published some time ago. The course also offers a helpful brand creation plan and a brand plan template (brand essence, brand assets, brand protection and brand strategy).

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Book review: The Management Shift – How to harness the power of people and transform your organization for sustainable success by Vlatka Hlupic

Red Star Kim

It focuses on people, purpose, collaboration and innovation. She has published more than 160 academic articles, including the award-winning Harvard Business Review article “To be a better leader, give up authority” and had numerous appearances in the business media. Organizations today are surfing on the edge of chaos”.

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Account Based Marketing interview by Pfizer COE

Cosawi

Along with the Key Account Manager, marketing is the co-orchestrator of KAM – they are intrinsically linked. CO-ORCHESTRATION AND CO-CREATION . Bring these skills and knowledge together to help co-create and implement solutions that deliver value for the Key Account and ultimately patients. It takes two to tango .

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The Marketing and Sales roles in this tight collaboration

Cosawi

SAMs traditionally are the experts at co-creation, identifying customer pain points and solutions connecting them – guiding customers through the steps of exploration, research, validation, purchase and, ultimately, advocacy. This Venn Diagram illustrates how these two roles can work together to co-create value for the customer.

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Implications for B2B Selling in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Mike Kunkle

[This article was originally published as part of the Sales Education Foundation 2018 Annual Magazine , co-authored with Robert M. Could AI have suggested/predicted the creation of the iPad? LinkedIn Publisher: [link]. Peterson, Ph.D., The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. Adaptability.