What's a Grid?
The computer on your desktop, the one you're using to read this email, only has so much processing power, only so much speed. Your vice-president, who's gazing out the window and thinking about his golf game, has computing power to spare. If your company had a grid set up, your computer could draw unused processing power from his computer to speed up your number-crunching software.
At some level, of course, all business leaders must "sell." But why do so many CEOs, owners, or presidents either remove themselves from the sales process altogether ... or limit sales exchanges to "closing" or "top-dog" meetings?
Last week in Chicago, I had the good fortune to meet for the first time with the senior vice president of sales for a major manufacturing concern. When I asked whether the CEO of his company made a habit of making sales calls, my new acquaintance's response surprised me.