10/21/2011 — During Ribblog’s early days, I was writing punchy little articles that quickly defined or predicted business problems that would become acute as marketing and sales technology proliferated. The disconnect between sales and marketing has deep-seated roots. Solving the problem will be cathartic for every company taking on the challenge. At lunch recently, [...]
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The 2nd Ribby Award recognizes Paul Levy, President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Brookline, Mass. Rather than keep a veil on economic woes and make backroom decisions, Levy publicly detailed his company’s challenges and engaged his employees in a plan to both avoid operating losses and keep up full employment. Because [...]
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10/20/2011 — Although many continue to struggle as the Great Recession wears on, in early 2009 no one knew how many U.S. businesses would fail and workers would lose their jobs. Too many CEOs either helped cause the problems or took an easy escape route, when hard times arrived. That’s when I announced the Ribby [...]
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