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Comment by portaouflop

1 day ago

Most people you talk to on that level either don’t know what the pain points are or don’t want to tell you out of fear that you exploit that knowledge.

Most colleagues in the same role in the same industry are good friends or friends of friends.

We have lunch or dinner now and then and meet at sector events. We share a lot of what are our challenges, what works, what doesn’t, who is good and who is not and how much we are paying our suppliers

If a sales person took the info across the street, chances are a) they already known about it or b) the person across the street will ring me to let me know.

Again, I don’t meet the sales rank and file, in many cases the Senior Partner across the table also knows me well (past clients, suppliers or colleagues).