Gartner Blog Network

Is The Minimum Viable Product (MVP)—Truly Customer-Centric?

by Leah Reidy | November 20, 2019

When companies are in the stages of new product development many adopt the practice of starting with the Minimum Viable Product (MVP)—essentially meaning that they design a product that includes...

In order to succeed in the next decade, do companies need to have a purpose?

by Olive Huang | November 20, 2019

Back in 2013 I came to Dreamforce and wrote a blog "My Dreamforce as a Fish Market Theory". Then for the past six years I didn't come back to this...

Five Questions CSOs Should Ask Before Approving Sales Compensation Plan Designs

by Dave Egloff | November 20, 2019

Each year, Chief Sales Officers (CSOs) must approve the sales compensation plans. During this approval, CSOs should ensure that their sales compensation plans: Align with the overall sales strategy Motivate...

In-House Agency Marketers Learn Partnership

by Sally Witzky | November 20, 2019

Many brands have established in-house agencies and continue to produce more work in-house. In Gartner's 2019 Marketing Operational Survey, 63% of respondents shifted some work from external agencies to internal...

Hello World!

by Clifton Gilley | November 20, 2019

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What We're Reading! A new, bi-weekly blog post (11/20/2019)

by Jitendra Subramanyam | November 20, 2019

What We're Reading! is a new, bi-weekly blog post highlighting our favorite articles about data and analytics from the past two weeks. We all come from different backgrounds and draw...

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is Impeding AI Machine Learning Success

by Anthony Bradley | November 20, 2019

I was at a social gathering a few weeks ago and one of the guests approached me saying, “I understand you know something about artificial intelligence.“ And then he went...

The inflation of change and turns

by Mark Mcdonald | November 20, 2019

We are trapped in a cycle of inflationary change. Sure, change is a constant in modern business, but not all change is the same. The failure to recognize these differences...

Winning in the Turns with Competitive Intelligence

by Scot Kim | November 19, 2019

We have been hearing about it for quite sometime. We are due for a recession and is your company ready for the downturn? Do you have a playbook ready to...