Are your sales efforts scattered, chasing every lead that crosses your path? Or are you methodical, focusing on opportunities that are truly worth your time? Opportunity Qualification Criteria (OQC) is the compass your sales team needs to navigate the unpredictable...
In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, executing a well-crafted sales strategy is more critical than ever. Companies often face hurdles in aligning their strategic vision with day-to-day operations, especially within an omnichannel environment. This blog post...
The landscape of sales is undergoing a seismic shift, spurred by advancements in technology and changing buyer behaviours. This shift, which began subtly even before the pandemic, has accelerated at an unprecedented pace, leading us into a new era of sales and...
Lean thinking is based on set of well thought principles. These have been created and improved during the past 50 years. Specification of value – Value can only be defined by the customer (based on his or her needs). Identify value stream – The Value Stream is a...
We arranged an AI hackathon at Aalto University. I’ll summarise our learnings into this post. The assignment We had prepared two assignments: Sales Opportunity Qualification - how can B2B sales teams predict which opportunities they will win? Customer Base...
Do you think it’s possible to improve sales productivity by 100 % in one year? Do you think it’s possible to improve hit rate by over 20 %? These questions sound ambitious, I know. But this is feasible and some organisations have been able to do this. Field sales...
I claim companies can (and should) apply Lean thinking on three levels: An approach to identify, structure and solve problems Management system Specific tools and techniques for specific functions and issues Lean was born in discrete manufacturing processes. The...
One fundamental belief I encounter with sales people across industries is that selling is all about winning. Who wouldn’t like to win. In life, in business and in sales. Getting ahead is all about winning, right? I think the truth is a bit more complex than just...
Lean Sales encourages organisations to think about how they manage sales (not only how they sell) Many organisations have gone through a journey of sales performance improvement initiatives such as CRM implementation, sales training, sales competition, increasing...