Enhancing a company’s performance and broadening its operations are the primary focuses of business development. By nurturing strong relationships and establishing strategic plans, it is possible to ...

Rainmakers and business development directors will sometimes refer to risk and compliance departments as the place where new business goes to die. Sure, it's only a joke, but it represents a commonly ...

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A systematic approach to BD doesn’t kill creativity. It enables it. Most firms treat business development like an instinct. You either have it or you don’t. But relying on natural rainmakers is risky.

I mapped my first business process diagram over 35 years ago when I joined Accenture. I used a hierarchical diagram format called IDEF0 to describe an ERP system we were implementing at a U.K. defense ...

Shoppable Business wants to make it easier for businesses in the Philippines to source and procure branded products and other inventory, with an emphasis on making sure products are authentic. The B2B ...

Architect business development can be very challenging. It's not a topic that comes up in design school, and many of the practices that firms employ today can simply be categorized under the heading, ...