"Joe Rickard printing consultant"

Why Commercial and In Plant Printers Do Not Change?

There is not a week that goes by where I do not read or hear from someone that the pace of change being made within commercial and in plant printing organizations is too slow.

There are dire discussions about the destruction of printing due to disruption of digital media and social media. It is a somber and relentless drumbeat by many printing pundits, printers, analysts and consultants.

The recommendation is almost all the same. Printers must change their business model, redefine themselves or extend their services, solutions and product to keep pace with the digital encroachment of printing.

Why many printers are not changing. The answer is simple. It is hard to do and often very costly.

The Rule of 24

All research, on what makes an individual successful in direct sales, always points in the same fundamental direction. Confidence more than any other trait is the single most important indicator of success.

The importance of confidence is not only true in sales but in almost any profession. There are many great quotes about the importance of confidence. My favorite is from Samuel Johnson, “Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.”

I refer to the Rule of 24 when talking to salespeople and sales managers about the importance of confidence