On The Most Important Skill in Business

Listening, listening, listening… says Charlie.

Are you listening to your customers?
Are you listening to your competitors?
Are you listening to your partners?
Are you listening to the listeners? RedMonk is a listening company.

For someone that talks as much as I do it might seem odd that listening is so ingrained in RedMonk’s DNA, but I am actually quite a good listener.

In an age of continuous partial attention listening skills become even more important.

Some people think blogs are just about an electronic pulpit. In many respects though the more important angle is to read blogs – with listening filters you can hear the hummingbirds wings behind the noise of the waterfall.