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Why being Risk Focused impedes Opportunity Discovery

January 17, 2018 by Babette Ten Haken Leave a Comment

You are risk focused. And that’s a good thing. To a point. Your commitment to identifying risk should be a means to an end or outcome. However, a problem is created when being risk focused becomes an end in itself. First, risk is a great way to impede uncovering opportunities. Then, as your professional perspective… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Collaboration And Convergence, Professional Development Tagged With: collaboration, entrepreneurs, IIoT human capital strategy, innovation, opportunity, professional innovation, risk, SMB, startups, STEM Professional Development, STEM STorytelling keynote speaker

Risk, Reward and ROI

May 1, 2014 by Babette Ten Haken Leave a Comment

How do you discuss risk, reward and ROI in business? How many of you are familiar with this statement: “Mr/Ms Customer, what is the upside of making the decision to move forward with our program compared with the consequences of making no decision?” What’s the objective of presenting your venture, engineering solution, product or platform… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Collaboration And Convergence, Human Capital & Industrial IoT Workforce, Professional Development Tagged With: decision makers, return on investment, reward, risk, risk mitigation, ROI

Why Risk working for Other People?

April 29, 2014 by Babette Ten Haken Leave a Comment

What’s the risk involved in being an entrepreneur? Are your core capabilities better suited to working for someone else? Ask yourself these three questions. Determine whether your leadership, as an employee, equates with the risk assumption involved in heading up your own enterprise. Am I willing to assume risk? Are you risk-averse when it comes… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Collaboration And Convergence, Human Capital & Industrial IoT Workforce, Professional Development Tagged With: core capabilities, customer base, risk, risk assumption, small business, solopreneurship, startup

4 Strategies for Selling Risky Business or Girl Scout® Cookies

November 15, 2012 by Babette Ten Haken Leave a Comment

There’s no sure-fire, one-size-fits-all recipe for business development. Anyone who has pitched or sold anything to anyone understands that one. Think about those magazine sales and wrapping paper fundraisers your children’s schools have each year. How many kids eagerly and voluntarily go door to door to sell their stuff?  Most kids dread these fundraisers. They… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Collaboration And Convergence, Customer Experience, Success, Loyalty, Retention, Human Capital & Industrial IoT Workforce Tagged With: business development, entrepreneur, fundraisers, generating revenue, risk

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