Oct 10, 2019
New technology is only as good as the operator who uses it. It can be used for sales shortcuts or sales gold. How will you use it?
Our guest today is a sales performance consultant with over twenty years of experience in B2B sales and support. Anita Nielsen is the author of Beat The Bots: How Your Humanity Can Future-Proof Your Tech Sales Career. With a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s in business administration from the New York Institute of Technology, Anita is uniquely positioned to help salespeople adapt and thrive.
Anita's wide range of experience made for a wide ranging interview that touched on technology, psychology and using soft skills to survive impending A.I. evolutions.
Connect with Today’s Guest
https://twitter.com/anielsenldk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanielsen/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/LDK-Advisory-Services/502558906564886
On today’s podcast...
4:10 - Don't do the math: Anita has been in the B2B sales tech space for a long time
7:22 - A.I. tech is only as evil as the operator using it
8:55 - It's not B2B, it's H2H: inserting the human back into sales
15:21 - Technology responsibility starts at home
22:28 - Working on yourself is a lifelong endeavor
26:24 - Understanding emotions and envisioning someone else's future
34:02 - Dealing with inherent biases and embracing allies
38:07 - How does Anita define sexy?
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