11/30/2025 5:13:03 AM The sublime efficiency and elegance of Japan’s bullet train By Tim Hughes Riding the Shinkansen, Japan’s famous bullet train, is an experience that combines precision, efficiency, and understated elegance When...
11/29/2025 5:08:11 AM The deal where our competition had a spy in our company By Tim Hughes When I sold Oracle Financials to Swindon Borough Council, everything appeared to be perfectly lined up We had an ally in Finance whose...
11/28/2025 7:44:13 AM Why we taught the sales team storytelling By Tim Hughes When I worked in corporate, like so many leaders, I was constantly searching for that elusive edge, something that would make our sales...
11/27/2025 2:56:37 PM MIT unveils “Iceberg Index,” warns AI risk much broader than headline layoffs By Tim Hughes The prestigious MIT, together with partners at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has just published a landmark study estimating that...
11/27/2025 9:19:06 AM Why you should write the RFP before your buyer does By Tim Hughes I was having separate conversations recently with Guy Lloyd and Scott Schnaars about RFPs and both took me right back to my early sales...
11/25/2025 9:24:40 AM The new reality of buying — Why elite sales teams have changed By Tim Hughes You may have seen the new research from 6sense about how buyers actually buy If not, here’s the short version Buyers have access to an...
11/23/2025 5:10:22 AM My journey to Everest base camp By Tim Hughes It was actually 25 years ago that I traveled to Everest Base Camp There is probably a Starbucks there now :) it was pretty primitive back...
11/22/2025 5:14:24 AM The strange playdate: A lesson in mumps and motherhood By Tim Hughes When I was growing up in Harrow, my mum once said we were going to a boy’s house to play I thought it odd, I didn’t know the boy, and he...
11/21/2025 4:42:58 PM The rise of the AI empowered buyer — And why buyers are using AI to “cold call” sellers By Tim Hughes AI is no longer just something marketers bolt onto the stack to make legacy processes faster According to Scott Brinker’s latest...
11/21/2025 8:14:46 AM Why is “dull” seen as professional? By Tim Hughes Somewhere along the way, “professional” became a synonym for “beige.” We were told to flatten our personality, iron out our quirks, and...
11/20/2025 11:36:01 AM Agentic AI: The coming earthquake for SaaS By Tim Hughes Buyer behavior is shifting fast, and SaaS vendors should be paying attention Just a decade ago, Google was still a reliable traffic...
11/20/2025 9:10:02 AM The buyer has already decided — Why B2B sellers must show up long before the RFP By Tim Hughes Monday I watched the latest 6sense webinar on emerging buyer trends, delivered by Kerry Cunningham and Sara Boostani (Frazier), M.S. The...
11/19/2025 9:05:56 AM Why a “meet me go-to-market” wins every time By Tim Hughes One of our clients recently said something that stopped me in my tracks:“We’ve moved to a meet me go-to-market strategy.” While the rest...
11/16/2025 5:11:27 AM The sound of rock in the Andes – Discovering Los Jaivas in Valparaíso By Tim Hughes “Alturas de Macchu Picchu” is a studio album by the legendary Chilean rock band Los Jaivas, originally released in October 1981 During...
11/15/2025 6:49:03 AM How we finally got dad to quit smoking By Tim Hughes Please don’t read this if you’re easily disgusted My dad smoked a pipe for many years Back then, it seemed a bit of a middle-class badge,...
11/14/2025 11:03:45 AM Which side of the sales parallel universe are you on? By Tim Hughes You may have seen the new research from 6sense on how buyers actually buy today If not, here’s the quick version Buyers now have infinite...