July, 2022

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4 Reasons for the Employee-Employer Skills Confidence Gap and 5 Companies That Get Employee Learning & Development Right

EGA

Employee learning and development is more important than ever before. According to LinkedIn’s recent workplace learning study , 72 percent of respondents agree that it is more strategic today than five years ago. The modern workplace is constantly changing, and employees need to be able to adapt to new technologies, processes, and methods. As a result, companies around the world invested over $357.7 billion into employee training in 2020 (with $165.3 billion spent in the US alone).

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Measure for measure

Stellar Partnerships

Last Mother’s Day my family treated me to a dinner at a swish Melbourne restaurant. It had an impressive 4- star rating from the critics and looked just like a real Parisian bistro. But despite the lovely setting and friendly service, the steak was overcooked, the sauce bland and the wicker seat kept catching on my dress. It made me wonder what criteria they used to give it four stars.

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WHEN EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS

Be Partner Ready

To say the pandemic changed many things is an understatement. The way we work, socialise, the way we shop, and for many things, there’s no going back to ‘normal’ Given that going out to shop was a risk to our health (especially if buying toilet rolls!) have you changed the way you purchase products? Even a former staunch anti-online purchaser like Hailey has embraced the e-commerce world and found it to be, for the most part, an efficient and reliable way to shop.

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IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization Announces New President

ISTO / IEEE

PISCATAWAY, NJ 11 July 2022 – The IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization (ISTO), an International Federation of leading industry groups and consortia dedicated to the advancement of standardized technologies for the benefit of industry, today announces Mr. Adam Newman as the new president effective 11 July 2022, replacing retiring President, Marco W.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Ground Floor Partners

Eventually, every business, no matter how well run, hits a rough patch. While large businesses are used to hiring consultants, and have people and processes in place to get the most out of such consulting engagements, most small business owners do not. Consider the following – fictitious, but unfortunately all too common ? story about a small business owner who hired the wrong consulting firm, and paid a steep price for his mistake.

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The War for Talent is Over (Talent Won)

Thinkers 50

As leaders respond to remote and hybrid work models, humans and machines, workforce ecosystems, and talent marketplaces, there is hope and fear, but is enough being done to nurture talent by co-designing cultures of curiosity over cultures of conformity? Hack Future Lab founder and IE Business School visiting Professor, Terence Mauri argues that building a culture of curiosity — one that embraces ideas that challenge the status quo — is the best way to turn uncertainty into a tailwind for bold a

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Keeping the wheels turning

Stellar Partnerships

“Life is like a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving” Albert Einstein. It’s midwinter and getting out of bed on a cold morning is a struggle. Even my border collie, a hardy soul, put one paw outside the door this morning and thought better of it. How’s your motivation right now? We know that end of financial year can be a high-pressure time.

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NOT ALL MONEY IS CREATED EQUAL

Be Partner Ready

“I don’t want more untied money” said no-one working within a non-profit, ever. Untied money into a non-profit is gold, is it not? You can spend it on whatever is a priority, and often it’s the ‘not very sexy’ things like staff training & salaries, rent, IT improvements, infrastructure etc. So why then do so many non-profits go chasing after TIED MONEY!?

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PAI Seeks Public Comment on the Synthetic Media Code of Conduct

Partnership on AI

Share. Our Blog. /. Blog. Synthetic and Manipulated Content. PAI Seeks Public Comment on the Synthetic Media Code of Conduct. Claire Leibowicz. July 11, 2022. Content Wrapper. Click here to start editing. -->. Content Row. Click here to start editing. -->. Perhaps more than any year before, 2022 has demonstrated the vast range of possibilities for synthetic media.

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Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu

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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Ground Floor Partners

Eventually, every business, no matter how well run, hits a rough patch. While large businesses are used to hiring consultants, and have people and processes in place to get the most out of such consulting engagements, most small business owners do not. Consider the following – fictitious, but unfortunately all too common ? story about a small business owner who hired the wrong consulting firm, and paid a steep price for his mistake.

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How to thrive in a hyper-connected world as a business leader

EGA

We live in a hyper-connected world. Never in our history have people, products, and data been more connected on a global scale than today – allowing access to new markets, ideas, and collaboration partners. However, we’re also experiencing the negative side of ‘hyper-connectedness’– empty shelves, deserted ports, worker shortages, information overload, and rising prices.

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Paradox Mindset: The Source of Remarkable Creativity in Teams

INSEAD Knowledge

Teams are more successful if they embrace internal differences and explore conflicting ideas instead of glossing over them.

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Avoiding the trap of complacency

Stellar Partnerships

Our world is in a turbulent phase, like an oyster writhing to resist the grain of sand before it creates a pearl. Things we took for granted are no longer a given. Think about reproductive rights, home ownership, democracy or a thriving Great Barrier Reef. The stats from the Edelman trust barometer show that 56% of Australians think the system isn’t working for them.

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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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Trevor Noah on shopping, advertising, and the importance of being authentic

Impact

Trevor on the informed consumer. Consumers are more empowered than ever to gather information and make their own buying decisions online. A brand’s website probably won’t be the first stop on the journey. Trevor on who’s accountable. We live in the age of the almighty product review. An advertiser can promise the moon, but customers have the last word about what a product or service measures up.

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Ozonetel Commended by Frost & Sullivan for Its Highly Differentiated Cloud-based Contact Center Solutions with Trendsetting, Cost-effective Features

Frost & Sullivan

San Antonio — July 25, 2022 — Based on its recent analysis of the speech analytics for the customer experience market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Ozonetel with the 2022 India New Product Innovation Award for providing an innovative customer experience cloud-based management solution that eliminates the hassles and high costs associated with traditional contact center software.

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Sounds Like a Plan!

Vantage Partners

Careful Alliance Planning Helps Mitigate Cultural, Legal, Operational, Financial, and Even Intangible Issues That Can Derail a Collaboration. Research on partnership performance indicates that business planning with partners is challenging, and essential to success. Experienced alliance managers report that 21 – 32% of the expected value of any partnership is likely to be lost through ineffective execution, and that effective joint planning can significantly improve performance.

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Tackle.io Furthers Strategic Partnership with Microsoft to Help Independent Software Vendors Accelerate Revenue Growth on the Microsoft Commercial Marketplace

Tackle.io

BOISE, Idaho, July 19, 2022 — Tackle.io , a software company dedicated to helping ISVs launch, grow, and scale digital routes to revenue through the clouds, has entered a strategic partnership with Microsoft to simplify how independent software vendors (ISVs) scale revenue through the Microsoft commercial marketplace, which includes the storefronts Azure Marketplace and Microsoft AppSource.

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The Essential Guide to the Buying Experience of the Future

Your buyers’ lives, preferences, and expectations have changed. Over two-thirds of buyers prefer remote or digital interactions — and they expect those interactions to be substantive and valuable. They hold sellers to a high standard, and that means the buying experiences of the past — in-person meetings, transactional conversations, and linear sales funnels — no longer deliver.

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The Importance of Gatekeepers in Impacting Real Change

INSEAD Knowledge

How a social movement and an influential magazine successfully challenged the morally problematic use of fur in fashion.

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Brace for impact

Stellar Partnerships

I once asked an international development expert what she really wanted from a corporate partner. Her response wasn’t what I expected. Rather than ask for a large amount of money for more programs, she said this. ‘There’s a copper mine near one of our biggest programs in Chile. I’d love the company to shut it down so the local communities could have better water, less pollution and their own land to grow food again.

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How to Take a Global Approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Thinkers 50

Excerpted from Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work by Ruchika Tulshyan. Reprinted with permission from the MIT Press. Copyright 2022. I’m often asked if diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are global issues, or just U.S.-centric ones. The reality is this: DEI and creating cultures of belonging is the number one priority for every leader today, regardless of geographic location.

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Cost Avoidance v. Cost Savings

CenterPoint Group

The fundamental role of a Procurement Department is to make sure that the company they work for continue to receive the necessary goods and services that allow their employees to operate efficiently and profitably. Of course, their underlying, and some might say actual role is to reduce the cost of those goods and service, while maintaining the same quality and service levels that they are currently enjoying.

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5 Essential Virtual Selling Practices Every Company Must Have by 2023

Speaker: Erika Bzdel - Vice President of Sales and Craig Simons - Director of Marketing

Virtual sales success requires new ways of thinking. Sales managers, trainers, sales enablement managers, and sales reps across all industries must adjust to this digital transformation. That doesn’t mean, however, that you can transfer the old ways of doing business to the new blended selling environment. You need to implement essential virtual selling processes or you will get left behind.

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Subang Jaya Medical Centre Applauded by Frost & Sullivan for Its Leadership Position in the Malaysian Hospital Industry

Frost & Sullivan

San Antonio, TX — 12 July 2022 — Recently, Frost & Sullivan researched the Malaysian hospital industry and, based on its analysis results, recognizes Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC) with the 2022 Company of the Year Award. The company is accredited by Joint Commission International (JCI) and the Malaysian Society for Quality in Health (MSQH), and its medical laboratories are certified by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

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Partnering with Microsoft to shape the future of how software is bought and sold

Tackle.io

After spending a couple of decades in technology go-to-market, I think it’s pretty safe to say the way products are purchased and “sold” is broken. In fact, the pandemic actually proved it. . Suddenly, gone were the days of the “six-legged” sales call with an account executive, a sales engineer, and a regional director / vice president. Gone were the days of the classic proof of concept.

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The Leading Edge: How to Gain Competitive Advantage

Aepiphanni

Once brand loyalty is established, loyal customers usually stick around for the long-haul. But getting to that point is a tough, complex process that involves implementing many different methods to give your business a leading edge over the competition. In this post, you will find out how to make your target customer choose your business […].

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5 Key Differences between Sales and Partnerships

Chaneltivity

Let’s face it: there’s so much jargon in the business world that terms often get lumped together. A prime example of this phenomenon is sales and partnerships. Many people assume they have virtually the same function and produce the same results, but there are definite distinctions between the two teams. So if you’re like many companies that are considering adding partnerships to your organization, it’s worth understanding these differences, incorporating them into your job descriptions, and set

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Strategic ABM Gifting: A CMO’s Silver Bullet to Engage the Enterprise

Today’s customers are hungry for human connections, but how do you break through the digital noise? How do you connect on a more personal level? A strategic ABM gifting campaign can help. You can target accounts and prospects by sending gifts or direct mail. It will help you stand out from the crowd and increase your chances to connect. Download Sendoso’s complimentary eBook to learn: Effective ways to level up your gifting strategy for the enterprise customers.

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Thinkers50 Radar 2022: Tiona Zuzul

Thinkers 50

Tiona Zuzul is an Assistant Professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School where she teaches Strategy in the MBA required curriculum. Tiona has specialized in how leaders conceptualize who they are and what they do, and how this identity and framing shapes their organization’s strategy, transformation, and performance during periods of dramatic change.

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What Impact Does Inflation Have on Corporate Procurement?

CenterPoint Group

No one would have accurately predicted the aftermath of COVID. Though the pandemic is now manageable, it doesn't mean it completely left us. Who would have thought that a worldwide healthcare pandemic would leave behind such economic shocks? The supply chain disruption, a war in Europe, rising gas and oil prices, and labor shortages all ganged up to pile pressure on a global economy that has barely come out of mandatory isolation.

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Dynamic Planning in the Face of Uncertainty

Planview Blog

We thought we knew about uncertainty. Market disruptions by startups; sure. Shifting consumer behaviors? Part of the job. But then the pandemic happened, creating a domino effect of disruptions that we are learning to accept as part of daily life. The only thing certain about our futures, it seems, is that we have an extremely limited ability to predict what they will hold.

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