Innovation

November 25, 2020

PRESS KIT

Emerging Disruptors Create Opportunities for ASEAN’s Essential Industries during the Global Pandemic

5 min read

New report from Cisco and Jungle Ventures examines how the region’s essential services are innovating amid disruption Singapore, November 25, 2020 —The rapid digitalization of ASEAN’s essential industries such as education, healthcare and supply chain amid the global pandemic has opened new…

November 11, 2020

INNOVATION

APJC Partners shine in Innovation Challenge

3 min read

When it comes to the Cisco Innovation challenge, it seems to be a very productive pursuit for partners in Asia Pacific Japan, and Greater China (APJC). The Cisco Global Innovation Challenge was designed and launched in 2018 to drive awareness and adoption of Cisco APIs across our global partner community.…

November 2, 2020

DIGITIZATION

Is Digital Selling the New Oil?

4 min read

We explore digital selling and its value to businesses by understanding how this data-driven selling process leverages digital assets, use of data in decision-making, customer relationship management, and forecasting. Is Digital Selling the New Oil? In this very fast-moving world, every day…

September 14, 2020

DIGITIZATION

How artificial intelligence helps boost customer retention and loyalty

3 min read

What your customers want The days of tolerating bad service are gone. Long wait times, unprepared agents, being transferred multiple times to the “right” department, and then repeating ourselves over and over again, are just a few examples of how a company can lose our business even if we’ve been a lifelong…

August 31, 2020

DIGITIZATION

Sales: When Art Meets Science

5 min read

Is selling an art, science, or both? We debunk the greatest sales debate of all time and discuss the shift in virtual selling with the rise of a “Phygital” model. Across the globe, sales is part of every possible business model, be it in terms of a product or service. Eons later, man continues to struggle…

August 24, 2020

PEOPLE AND CULTURE

Attracting Talent

3 min read

Sourcing and hiring the highest potential talent can be a complex challenge for many employers when recruiting for early-level roles. To ‘win the talent battle’, companies must take a different approach. Attracting sales talent used to be a routine task for global corporations. For Sales hiring,…

August 17, 2020

DIGITIZATION

The Rise of Virtual Sales

3 min read

Virtual sales is now fundamental to survival and growth in a market where remote selling is the “next normal”. Gain new insights on the rise of this phenomenon and the benefits it has delivered. Virtual sales originated in the 1950s in the form known today as telemarketing. It has dramatically evolved…

August 10, 2020

PEOPLE AND CULTURE

Diversity Drives Sales Innovation

1 min read

Similarity kills innovation. Having a diverse workforce changes the way we think, resulting in higher success, plus efficiency. We live in a world filled with people from a diverse backgrounds; in order to succeed in a business that reflects the wider society, it is essential to have more intersectional…

August 10, 2020

DIGITIZATION

Winning in the Virtual Sales World

2 min read

Is Selling an art, or a science? It’s BOTH: An equilibrium of innate ability and adopting a structured process. In this digital world, success is dependent on the strong analysis of customer’s profiles and business needs, whilst an adversity quotient (AQ) and the ability to influence the customers.…