A visionary leader, business accelerator and industry futurist, Zain Raj combines innovation and creativity to create new business models for the future. In his new book, THE PYRAMID PUZZLE: Igniting Transformation with the Power of Trust, he tells a story about how using a framework grounded on proven social sciences principles, ancient wisdom, and modern-day management principles can ignite business growth. Chairman and CEO of Shapiro+Raj, an independent research and insights company. Zain is also the founder and CEO of zednext, an ideas incubator that takes an objective and disruptive look at issues and trends to help marketers and business leaders realize their full potential in a data-driven, digitally led and insights-driven world. Raj is also author of Marketing for Tomorrow, Not Yesterday and Brand Rituals: How Successful Brands Bond with Customers for Life.
9 Tips for Navigating the Inevitable Unexpected: Secrets from a Biotech CEO, With Stan Rose
If there’s any guarantee in business, it’s that you should expect the unexpected. The bad news is that in a five-year business cycle, a startup will likely face more than one inevitable but unexpected event. The good news is that there are specific skills entrepreneurs can master to increase the likelihood of keeping their enterprise […]
Leading with Clarity: How to Make Hard Conversations Easy, With Divya Ramachandran
In this episode, Divya Ramachandran delves into the often overlooked yet foundational element of leadership – emotional clarity. With her deep expertise in leadership coaching and emotional intelligence, Divya unpacks the “Hierarchy of Clarity,” illustrating how emotional clarity paves the way for clear decisions, clear goals, and ultimately, clear communication. She argues that the cornerstone […]
The Science of Selling Using a Systematic, Data-Driven Sales Process, With Mark Petruzzi
Where do you look to find the guidance needed to develop sales teams and processes tailored to how your prospect wants to buy, not how you think they want to buy? How do you leverage data, artificial intelligence, and metrics in ways not possible just a few years ago, so you no longer have to […]
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