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Oxbridge Entrance Exam Sales Mettle Test

Oxbridge interview questions are the stuff of sixth form legend. I remember fondly tackling one myself pre-university to determine omniscience or omnipotence as preferable. Now Oxford outdo Cambridge and continue their habit of publishing these. Alongside guideline answers. (Which was news to four teachers [https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/

Make Your Funnel Spark Joy Today

aka …The Life Changing Magic Of Tidying Up Your Forecast. Marie Kondo is a lifestyle guru. 2½ million books sold on how to clear out your stuff. Incredible. I can see why though. As with any real expert, her delivery is indeed ‘magical’. Right down to how to properly fold

Contenders Offer Threesome

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/10/bbc-tory-leader-2020-hats.jpg] It’s a rare delight when you admire presentation of a rolling news journalist. BBC’s Norman Smith provided this when reporting from the UK’s party of government annual conference. Their next General Election in 2020 will be fought

How To Be A Sales Superforecaster

Given my recent discovery of an overdue change [http://salespodder.com/93-year-incumbent-fails-to-forecast-changing-weather/] in the English weather service, I lapped up book launch pr for psychologist Philip Tetlock [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_E._Tetlock]. I was delighted to learn of the study that made his name. In 20 years

Do Better Than Burberry Trainer Shop Assistant

Business analysts seem perplexed as to why UK sportshoe sales have increased ten percent this year. Average “pairs per closet” have risen. People are stocking up with different types. Lightweight, walking, cross/trail, specific sport and fashion. Wardrobes across the land bulge to a rabbiting of breed. Ballooning new entrants

Marginal Gain Channels Of Data

I read a prelude to former table tennis international and now broadsheet journalist Matthew Syed’s new book, Black Box Thinking. He quotes the technical leader of runaway F1 leaders Mercedes, Paddy Lowe, comparing 2015 with 1987; > “When I first started in Formula One, we recorded eight channels of data.

One Tone Charts Need New Entries

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/10/consultant-ad-sept15.jpg] So here’s a fuzzy zoom-in of a pic that mystifyingly appeared in my instagram stream. It was posted by a consultancy promoting their expertise. As evidenced by this amateurish imagery, such skills clearly do not extend to chart presentation.

93-Year Incumbent Fails To Forecast Changing Weather

[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3209635/Heard-one-Fringe-s-best-joke-Comedian-Darren-Walsh-scoops-year-s-award-s-chosen-Germans-butt-it.html] As Autumn begins, a topical selling barometer. I have very little time for weather forecasters. And the ones English licence-fee payers must put up with are surely the planet’s very worst. Yes there are the well-known howlers throughout BBC provider

Let Flashbulb Memories Shine

> Flashbulb moments [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashbulb_memory] What psychologists call those memories that stay with us. Not just for days, but years. Decades. Forever, even. We’re coming to the year-end wrap for many teams. The final kick-on. A thrust for the finish line. When careers are made.

Turn Off Your Opponent's VW Defeat Device

[http://www.ft.com] Volkswagen’s share price drives off a cliff. The world’s largest car maker saw 25 billion euros wiped off its value as this week its stock tanked by a third. All because it cheated. In an astounding way. It installed kit termed a “defeat device”