Five common barriers to realizing value:
- The Relevancy barrier - Sellers unilaterally define the solution and thus are unable to create value that is relevant to customers.
- The Inflation barrier - Sellers sidestep their duty to inform customers of the implementation hurdles common to their solutions.
- The Comprehension barrier - Sellers incorrectly assume that customers are capable of understanding their complex problems and the complex solutions being offered.
- The Dilution barrier - Sellers accept the widely-used, price-based commodity approach to buying--and allow customers to unknowingly strip the value out of their solutions.
- The Implementation barrier - Sellers avoid value accountability and blame customers for solution failures.