trends and opportunities in growing together (ohio irrigation association keynote 2016)

Trends & Opportunities in Growing TogetherByTom Barrett

BRAVE NEW WORLDS:

Copyright © 2016 by Tom Barrett

IT’S the ECONOMY

What’ Up With The Frog?

29 States Have

Raised

The Minimum

Wage

Home Price Up Mortgage Rate Up

Consumer Spending

Nibco Regional Economic Forecast for ContractorsCourtesy of Automatic Irrigation Supply

New Housing Permits

Nibco Regional Economic Forecast for ContractorsCourtesy of Automatic Irrigation Supply

The World is Changing

China• The country with the most number

of English speakers

1/3 of the World is on Facebook

More than one billion people are active on Facebook.

• It’s all about People

• It’s all about Innovation

Opportunity

Outstanding Customer Service

80% of Success is Showing Up

My Average Sales Person Made 300 to 400 Sales Calls a Year

My Top Sales People Made over 2,000 Sales Calls a Year

ZAG

Be Different

Be REALLY Different

Make your Living RoomJealous

Get a Life

Create a Story

Be Emotional

Build an Audience

ZAG

Be Different

Be REALLY Different

INNOVATion

The World is Different

What’ Up With The Frog?

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

– Charles Darwin