Welcome To Theinquisitor Podcast

#DavidDavies, the Cod Father, former #1 frozen fish salesman and international DJ has spent the past 35 years helping small technology businesses. Dave and I co-wrote #MakingChannelSalesWork #MCSW which has quickly become the go to bible for turning around and/or building successful #SalesChannels, #Alliances and #Partnerships. Lack of Boardroom congruence, misalignment and an unhealthy focus only on empirical data, silos and empire building instead of focusing on having the biggest positive impact. Dave introduces the idea of developing a #ValueProvocation instead of a #valueproposition. This is only possible if you have a clear, singular vision. A failure to have that cohesive vision and aligned focus, means that teams you will suffer from organisational Chinese whispers. People step as led. Executives often send unintended messages with how they behave and what they measure but these fly in the face of their stated intent. In the channel, this is amplified and the positive or negative impact is even greate