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How to Solve Your Talent Challenge (Creatively)

Organizational Talent Consulting

Recently economists have connected what is now labeled Quiet Quitting to a fall in US labor productivity output. Identifying worthwhile ideas requires the ability and will to see new patterns in the same data everyone else is seeing. BASF is a German multinational chemical company and the largest chemical producer in the world.

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The Impact of Carbon Taxation on Supply Chains in China

Comatch

The European Union will start to demand carbon footprint data from 2023 and introduce a carbon border tax from January 2026. Companies need to start acting now to get data for compliance in 2023 and take this opportunity to assess carbon risks and mitigation actions together with suppliers.

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Empire State Manufacturing: New Orders Negative 4th Time in 5 Months; Slight Bounce in Industrial Production

MishTalk

Price data show moderation for inputs at 7.45 Slight Bounce in Industrial Production Following unexpected negative numbers in April and May, an Industrial Production bounce in June came pretty much in line with Economist's Expectations. percent rise in June industrial production looks respectable but still overstates strength.

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How Advanced Analytics Is Changing B2B Selling

Harvard Business

While there’s less buzz around business-to-business markets, these innovations are changing the game in B2B as well, even in old-line industries selling what might be considered commodity products. Data-Driven Marketing. Insight Center. Sponsored by Google. The science of storytelling and brand performance.

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Sales Reps, Stop Asking Leading Questions

Harvard Business

” But many CEOs would be shocked at how poorly their sales teams execute on the strategy of consultative selling. While they gleaned some good information about clients’ needs, allowing them to dovetail the products they were selling into the conversation, there was little buy-in from the prospects they were talking to.

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A Survey of 1,700 Companies Reveals Common B2B Pricing Mistakes

Harvard Business

It traced much of the cause to a mismatch between its sales incentives and pricing strategy. Data-Driven Marketing. Top performers are more likely to: employ truly tailored pricing at the individual customer and product level. A diagnosis allocated costs at the product and customer level to determine true profitability.

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Factory Orders Down 8th Time in 9 Months; Durable Goods Inventories Highest Since 1992

MishTalk

percent and reflecting strength for chemical products. Outside of new orders, data show no change for shipments and a 0.1 Computers and Electrical Products -4.0% Chemical products, down six consecutive months, drove the decrease, $0.4 Ex-transportation, orders are unchanged, well down from the 0.5