Month: February 2020


  • Why It’s Time to Rethink Personalization

    The value of personalization in marketing has been largely unquestioned for nearly two decades. Today, most marketers view personalization as essential for success, and many companies have made personalization a top priority. But the marketing environment is changing, and that means it’s time for marketers to rethink their personalization strategy.In a report published last November,…

  • The State of Trust in Business

    The global communication firm Edelman released the 2020 edition of its “Trust Barometer” survey during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last month. The new survey found that despite low levels of unemployment in most of the markets covered, many people aren’t optimistic about their prospects for the future. About two-thirds of the survey…

  • Unconventional Views on B2B Growth

    Last fall, The B2B Institute (a think tank funded by LinkedIn) published a research report that every B2B marketer should read. The 5 Principles Of Growth In B2B Marketing describes the findings of research conducted by Les Binet and Peter Field, two highly-regarded, UK-based experts on advertising effectiveness. This report is based on an analysis…

  • Remembering the “Disruptive” Work of Clayton Christensen

    The business world lost one of its leading thinkers last month when Clayton Christensen died on January 23, 2020. He was 67.Professor Christensen joined the faculty of the Harvard Business School in 1992, after working as a consultant at Boston Consulting Group and co-founding an advanced materials company. He achieved management guru status after the…