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East meets West in understanding Innovation Cultural Orientation

Paul Hobcraft

East and West- the different meeting points in understanding. These help you gain a better understanding of why innovation is often seen through different cultural lenses and can produce very different insights and observations that can lead to completely different innovative solutions to meet different cultural needs.

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Could your team cut down meetings to only two days a week?

Idea to Value

Is your team having too many meetings? Do you ever come to the end of a workday and feel stressed because instead of getting any productive work done, you have spent nearly the whole day in back-to-back meetings? 70% of all meetings prevent people being productive. These meetings may seem like the best time to do this.

Meeting 253
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Hybrid Work Has Changed Meetings Forever

Harvard Business Review

More than four years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, what do we know about how meetings have (or haven’t) gotten back to “normal,” particularly amid calls back to the office? Further, data shows that meeting participation and camera usage correlates with retention.

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Maker’s schedules, Manager’s schedules and why meetings can destroy productivity

Idea to Value

Managers: Managers like to fill their calendar meetings from start to finish, in order to make important decisions quickly and help others progress on things that require their input or for them to unlock. Often, meetings can be short (30, 15 or even 5 minutes) but should be booked in the calendar.

Meeting 177
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The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

Prepare your team to navigate seasonal peaks and meet specialized delivery expectations without missing a beat. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for everyday products.

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Generative AI Will Transform Virtual Meetings

Harvard Business Review

Generative AI will forever change the way meetings are conducted. In the near future, meetings will offer personalized content and purpose-driven expertise, while also serving as guardians against bias and promoting active learning.

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Your Team Members Aren’t Participating in Meetings. Here’s What to Do.

Harvard Business Review

Traditional advice for leaders who want to increase meeting participation call for clarifying expectations, setting clear agendas, and asking open-ended questions. Managers who want their teams to be more engaged in meetings need to foster a safe, inclusive team culture, which requires a deep understanding of their team’s unique dynamics.

Meeting 141
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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection.

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How To Craft Your Perfect Retail Tech Stack

Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Brian Walker

As customers and stakeholders expect agility and innovation, how can you meet these expectations efficiently without stumbling into complexity? Integrate modular tools to meet your unique needs. The era of all-in-one platforms is over. Now, retail success depends on integrating a blend of diverse technologies to thrive.

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Loyalty 101: How To Turn Browsers Into Buyers For Lasting Engagement

Speaker: Shaunna Bruton, Danielle Wyllie, and Kailey Holmes

Hear from experts who have mastered the art of using data to not only meet customer expectations, but exceed them, creating loyal customers who keep coming back. This webinar will take you behind the scenes of how top retailers turn customer data into personalized experiences that drive engagement and retention.

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eCommerce in 2025: How Customer Experience Drives Online Retail Success

Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

Industry experts Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron will focus on elevating the experiences that customers demand - meeting them wherever they are, with personalized interactions that leave a lasting impression.

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How ZoomInfo Helps Overcome the Top Pain Points of Inside Sales

How can sales organizations meet the buyer along the journey at the perfect time? With more access to user reviews, analyst opinion, and industry research, decision-makers are more informed than ever while navigating what is now known as the “buyer’s journey.”. Download this eBook to find out!

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The New GTM Playbook: 18 Ways to Future-Proof Your Sales Team

More meetings. Longer sales cycles. Increasingly discerning buyers. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. Thankfully, there’s an answer.

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100 Pipeline Plays: The Modern Sales Playbook

Meet your modern sales playbook - See how high-performing sales and marketing teams increase pipeline year-over-year. For the first time, we’re sharing the winning plays that took us from scrappy startup to a publicly traded company. Use our proven data-driven plays to grow your pipeline and crush your revenue targets.

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Cold Calling Tips and Tricks

In fact, less than 2% of today’s cold calls actually result in meetings, and 63% of sales professionals say it’s what they dislike most about their jobs. In recent years, cold calling has become synonymous with rejection and failure.